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Book Review: 'Robopocalypse'
![If there's such a thing as voodoo in literary circles, a lot of jealous sci-fi writers are probably burying needles into tiny Daniel H. Wilson dolls these days. What struggling novelist wouldn't be envious of Wilson's trajectory? None other than Steven Spielberg reached down from the heavens to option his new novel "Robopocalypse" — a deal brokered before the book was even finished, by the way — and rights to his still-unpublished follow-up have already been snapped up by another studio.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63313324-18100111.jpg "If there's such a thing as voodoo in literary circles, a lot of jealous sci-fi writers are probably burying needles into tiny Daniel H. Wilson dolls these days. What struggling novelist wouldn't be envious of Wilson's trajectory? None other than Steven Spielberg reached down from the heavens to option his new novel "Robopocalypse\" — a deal brokered before the book was even finished, by the way — and rights to his still-unpublished follow-up have already been snapped up by another studio.")
Los Angeles TimesIf there's such a thing as voodoo in literary circles, a lot of jealous sci-fi writers are probably burying needles into tiny Daniel H. Wilson dolls these days. What struggling novelist wouldn't be envious of Wilson's trajectory? None other than Steven...Tags: Brad Pitt, Movies, Alaska, Air Transportation Industry, Science and Technology
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Helmick looking forward to college
Daily American CorrespondentElizabeth Helmick of Friedens will move into her dorm room at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and prepare to begin her college career Aug. 15. The 2011 Somerset Area High School graduate will double major in English and secondary education. Helmick...Tags: High Schools, Education, Hamburgers, Colleges and Universities, Schools
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Best week ever: Baltimore events, music, movies and more
Yes, there's actually stuff to do this Thanksgiving weekend. Here's our list of happenings for the week of 11/21-11/27.
MOVIES OPENING (Wednesday)
Arthur Christmas
The Descendants
Hugo
The Muppets
(Friday)
My Week With Marilyn
NOTABLE TV
MONDAY...Tags: Lady Gaga, Rock and Roll (genre), Holidays, Chris Cornell, New York Giants
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Christie's contemporary head Brett Gorvy on artists' royalties
Culture MonsterBrett Gorvy, now Christie's international post-war and contemporary head, discusses in a 2010 interview about whether the California Resale Royalty Act applies to sale of artwork from Michael Crichton estate.... -
Artists' royalty suit may hinge on constitutional issue
Culture MonsterA class action suit against Christie's and Sotheby's claims that the auction houses violated a California law requiring California sellers to pay a 5% resale royalty to the artist who created the resold work. The courts upheld the state law more than 30... -
Yes, there will be a ‘Jurassic Park 4′
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelSo sayeth the Spielberg. Rumors have been flying about some sort of not-bringing-back-dinosaurs take on the story, so who knows exactly what form the late Michael Crichton's cleverest idea will take when it hits the screen this time? Joe Johnston has been... -
Renner set to cash in on ‘King of Heists’
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThere's money to be made from robbing banks. In the movies. It was true during the Depression, and it's true during the Great Recession. Jeremy Renner, the Boston bank robber with an itchy trigger finger in “The Town,” is set to play George... -
A Salinger-signed copy of 'The Catcher in the Rye' is up for auction -- but is it genuine? [Updated]
Jacket CopyWhen the e-mail came in about a charity auction of an autographed copy of J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye," it was exciting news. Not only is "The Catcher in the Rye" one of America's most enduring novels; its...... -
Museums not all smiles as close to $100 million worth of art from local estates heads to Christie's
Culture MonsterWhen it comes to L.A. business-getting, Christie's has been on a roll. Earlier this year, the auction house broke records by selling a $106.5-million Picasso nude and a $28.6-million Jasper Johns Flag painting from two Los Angeles estates, those of...... -
The Siren's Call: An epic poet as Mary Shelley's co-author
![How did Mary Shelley come up with the idea for "Frankenstein"? Did that spooky storytelling contest at the Villa Diodati in 1816 -- you know, the one with Byron, John Polidori and Mary's husband Percy -- send her imagination into high gear? Was it all the result of a nightmare? Sort of, but not exactly.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-10/49747950-09115445.gif "How did Mary Shelley come up with the idea for "Frankenstein\"? Did that spooky storytelling contest at the Villa Diodati in 1816 -- you know, the one with Byron, John Polidori and Mary's husband Percy -- send her imagination into high gear? Was it all the result of a nightmare? Sort of, but not exactly.")
How did Mary Shelley come up with the idea for "Frankenstein"? Did that spooky storytelling contest at the Villa Diodati in 1816 -- you know, the one with Byron, John Polidori and Mary's husband Percy -- send her imagination into high gear? Was it all the...Tags: Society, Henry Kissinger, Freemasonry, European Union, Death
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Court sides with USDA, Monsanto over cultivation of genetically modified sugar beet seeds
Money & CompanyThe U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s ruling to destroy the young plants currently being grown to produce genetically modified sugar beet seeds with Monsanto’s Roundup Ready genes. In a 21-page opinion -–... -
Libraries facing the e-book challenge
Change of SubjectThis Sunday story -- As of Monday, HarperCollins, publisher of authors such as Anne Rice, Sarah Palin and Michael Crichton, (no longer allows) its e-books to be checked out from a library more than 26 times. After that, the license......
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