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'Fahrenheit 451' burns in flashes
It is the curious power of books that they seem to read us as much as we read them; a single sentence can shift our lives forever. That uncanny connection fuels fascism -- and ultimately liberation -- in "Fahrenheit 451," now staged by author Ray...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Television Industry, Arts and Culture, House Building, Harold Pinter
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Sci-fi film: The apes weren't cuddly
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFORTY years ago, at the height of the race between the United States and the Soviet Union to lay claim to the cosmos, a much-anticipated science-fiction movie made its debut, and sci-fi was never the same again. Kids whose parents dragged them along to...Tags: Trumbull, Cartoons, Science, Adults, Entertainment
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Forrest J Ackerman, writer-editor who coined 'sci-fi,' dies at 92
Forrest J Ackerman, who influenced a generation of young horror-movie fans with Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and spent a lifetime amassing what has been called the world's largest personal collection of science-fiction and fantasy memorabilia, has...Tags: Book, Monsters (legendary creatures), Newspaper and Magazine, Joe Dante, Fritz Lang
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Shiver me timbers R.L. Stine, author of the beloved "Goosebumps" series of creepy, crawly stories, is heading to "HorrorLand." The ghoulish theme park will be the springboard for 12 new tales, with Scholastic Books planning to release the first two...Tags: Mount Vernon Place, Sports Illustrated, Lacrosse, Cricket, Central Intelligence Agency
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The Big Read is a national page-turner
There was no snow at the Huntington Library in Pasadena, but the four sled dogs tethered there seemed acclimated enough. One amiably licked the face of a child in a stroller. The hubbub wasn't much like the Yukon, but the dogs were there to excite...Tags: Health, Amy Tan, Arts, Dining and Drinking, Culture
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Shutting door to treatment
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersTorrie Gonzales stood at the stove, laughing with her boyfriend as she fried him some eggs on his 23rd birthday. Then she felt him press a flimsy blade against her neck. Struggling on the floor, she pried a paring knife from Reny Cabral's hand, leaving...Tags: Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Hospitals and Clinics, Family
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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Enters 12th Storied Year April 28-29 at UCLA
LOS ANGELES, March 21, 2007 - The city renowned as the entertainment capital of the world will roll out the red carpet to celebrate the nation's largest public literary festival when the Los Angeles Times, in association with UCLA, holds the 12th Annual...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Biography (genre), Gore Vidal, Kirk Douglas, Science and Technology
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Authors, authors everywhere at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
What does it mean to celebrate the written word? It means getting excited about, well, everything.
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Festival of Books: A Friday Calendar article on authors attending the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books said that...Tags: Book, University of California, Los Angeles, Diahann Carroll, Michael J. Fox, Gore Vidal
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Robert Silverberg, science fiction elder statesman
Right about then, the Age of Aquarius seemed to be reaching an apocalyptic conclusion: Amid campus riots, a contentious war and political assassinations, it was hard not to feel fatalistic. And Robert Silverberg, a New York writer who'd recently...Tags: Genres, Science and Technology, Science Fiction (genre), Philosophy, Joe Haldeman
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13th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Set for April 26-27 at UCLA
LOS ANGELES, March 20, 2008 -- Readers, writers and book-lovers of all ages will come together Saturday, April 26th and Sunday, April 27th to participate in the highly anticipated 13th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the UCLA campus. "The...Tags: Book, Gore Vidal, Family, Arts and Culture, Marlee Matlin
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Saturday, May 17
Please send notices to book.calendar@latimes.com or fax to (213) 237-5916 at least 16 days before publication. Please put the event date and author's name in the subject line. Inclusion isn't guaranteed.
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Deborah Arneson signs "Fries, Thighs...Tags: Science, Colleges and Universities, William Shatner, Fiction, Science and Technology
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John Blankenchip dies at 89; theater designer and director taught half a century at USC
John Edward Blankenchip, a theater designer and director who was an emeritus professor of the USC School of Theatre and the founder of Festival Theatre USC-USA., has died. He was 89. Blankenchip died Wednesday of age-related causes at a healthcare...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment, Basketball, Arts and Culture
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