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What happens when the Internet takes over from Shakespeare and Goethe? A short story by Richard Powers.

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By Richard Powers

Richard Powers is the author of eight novels, including "Galatea 2.2," "The Gold Bug Variations," and "Gain." His latest, "The Time of Our Singing," will be published in January by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Lannan Literary Award.


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