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'Treasure Island' author Robert Louis Stevenson returns
A brief, long-lost essay by "Treasure Island" author Robert Louis Stevenson will be published on Friday, the Associated Press reports. The essay will appear in the Strand magazine, a mystery fiction quarterly out of Birmingham, Mich. The Strand has...
Tags: Mark Twain, Authors, Bob Dylan, Graham Greene, Literature
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Where to stay in San Francisco on the relatively cheap
Your choices in San Francisco hotels are overwhelming. The prices can be too. So during our staff visit to the City by the Bay, we looked for reasonably priced hotels that had charm, location or both. We came back with 14 ideas on places to bed down. It's...
Tags: Macy's, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Personal Service, The Galleria
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‘Looper’: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rian Johnson are a tight team
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comIt's late afternoon on a sweltering day in Hollywood, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and writer-director Rian Johnson have just finished recording ...... -
88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress
Jacket CopyThe Library of Congress' list of 88 books that shaped America includes poetry, novels, nonfiction, a play, a polemic, books of science and grammar, cookbooks and children's books. What's it missing?... -
IMAGE Wanton Ways
LA Times MagazineMysterious scents of noir fiction sure to liberate your own inner femme fatale... -
Ten Most Wanted
LA Times MagazineA year in crime fiction, curated by Mysterious Bookshop maestro Otto Penzler... -
Oscars by the Numbers
LA Times MagazineSurprising stats from the most famous awards show of them all... -
Interview: When 'L.A. Noir' meets 'The Walking Dead'
Jacket CopyThe author of the true chronicle of mid-century mobsters and cops talks about his book being developed for TV by Frank Darabont, who breathed life into the zombie story "The Walking Dead."... -
Book review: 'Before I Go to Sleep' by S.J. Watson
Special to the Los Angeles TimesS.J. Watson's debut novel, "Before I Go to Sleep," is a brilliant, nasty noir. It drags you down into deep, dark and disturbing waters. It entertains while touching on complex questions of the meaning of identity and memory. A young woman wakes up in bed...Tags: Candace Bushnell, John Grisham, Memory Loss, Human Interest, Television
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Happy birthday, Raymond Chandler!
Jacket CopyExcerpts from an amazing 1957 interview between Raymond Chandler and Ian Fleming.... -
San Francisco vs. San Diego: Which is the better getaway?
Every year, millions of people find themselves craving a vacation from greater Los Angeles. Many of these people don't want to cross state lines or climb mountains or contend with deserts, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, redwoods, Gold Country or Mickey Mouse....Tags: Football, University of California, Bars and Clubs, Trips and Vacations, Elections
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Joe Gores dies at 79; prize-winning mystery writer
Joe Gores, a former San Francisco private investigator who became a prize-winning author of hardboiled mysteries such as "Hammett," "Come Morning" and "Spade & Archer," has died. He was 79.
A resident of San Anselmo, Calif., Gores died of a stomach...Tags: Francis Ford Coppola, Human Interest, Politics, Elections, Entertainment
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