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Topic: Books (page 179)

Robert Ludlum, Jason Bourne (as played on screen by Matt Damon) and Eric Van Lustbader.

Introducing Miles Morales, the new Ultimate Spider-Man. (Anonymous)

Robert Christgau

Clockwise, from top left: Anthony Weiner, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lynndie England. Center: Wayne Koestenbaum

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Will Lavender

The beloved (and loathed) fantasy author.

Paul Di Filippo

The worst and worst of the Bulwer-Lytton Contest

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Two demon-plagued siblings, laid bare

William Giraldi

Lev Grossman

A Borders sign is seen outside a branch of their bookstore in New York, July 19, 2011. The company said in a statement Monday it was unable to find a buyer willing to keep it in operation and will sell itself to a group of liquidators led by Hilco Merchant Resources. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS MEDIA) (Â© Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)

Authors mourn the death of Borders

David Daley - Emma Mustich

Barbara Spindel

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(AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Jaap Buitendijk)

Is this really Harry Potter's alternative ending?

Imagining Obama's apocalyptic American future

Katherine A. Powers

Superman's new look.

DC reinvents Superman

Sigmund Freud, cokehead

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Meet the father of modern policing

Matthew Battles

A detail from the cover of "Shock Value"

The golden age of horror movies

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J.G. Ballard's last hurrah

A detail from the cover of "A Dance With Dragons"

"A Song of Fire and Ice" saga's glorious return

The Brits who fought for the South

Meredith Hindley

Salon tries the dial-a-poet experiment

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