Shelf Unbound: You’ve written an extraordinarily literary dystopian novel. What drew you to a dystopian theme? Sandra Newman: Well, technically, The Country …
Shelf Unbound: Your main character says, “A binary star is a system containing two stars that orbit their common center of mass.” …
Not since Edwin Land invented the Polaroid camera has photography become both redefined and reenergized all at the same moment. Instagram, the …
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Ever since I got here, I have been on guard. What I eat, what I drink, what I breathe. It is scary …
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Later on he will see it differently, but it starts out as a kind of war. Or, at least, a series of …