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From the Rockmine Almanac for today (Friday 22nd August): Birth 1945. Ron Dante (The Cuff-Links) born Carmine Granito on Staten Island, New York. On Stage 1978. Sid Vicious stages his farewell party at The Electric Circus. He and girlfriend Nancy Spungeon are moving to New York.

Last week New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera blogged about his efforts to find a great novel about business written in the past 25 years. That didn’t work out very well for him—hey, who’s the joker who recommended William Gaddis‘ JR?—but he did prompt a lively discussion about great nonfiction books about business.

Serling. Rod Serling. Serling. Rod Serling.The holiday isn't until tomorrow, but Sci-Fi's Twilight Zone marathon is on. Tune in for some of the best storytelling ever committed to film. There's a reason people watch this show repeatedly decades after the fact, ... 0

There are some truly remarkable things about Richard Powers' The Echo Maker, a novel about a young Nebraska man named Mark Schluter who is in a horrible car crash and develops a rare psychological condition known as Capgras syndrome, which causes him to believe his sister has been replaced by a high-quality duplicate.

Paperback 98: Dell 775 (1st ptg, 1954) Title: The Corpse in the Wax Works Author: John Dickson Carr Cover artist: Richard Powers Yours for: $16 Best things about this cover: It's surrealism + gothic - SURROTHIC!Richard Powers is probably the best known scifi cover artist.

Completing our tribute to the late Arthur C. Clarke, the Book of the Week is Tales of the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke. This is a paperback original, published in 1957, cover art by Richard Powers. Tales of the White Hart reflects Sir Arthur's lighter side, a collection of tall tales related by the patrons of the White Hart tavern.

Continuing our tribute to the late Arthur C. Clarke, the Book of the Week is Reach for Tomorrow, a collection of early Clarke short stories. This is a first printing, paperback original, published in 1956. The book is notable for its very unusual cover art by legendary SF illustrator Richard Powers.

'cause it was just BLOWN OFF by this podcast of Richard Powers' poem "The Echo Maker", posted with video on the Ninth Letter web site. This is the 18th edition of Ninth Letter's podcast series, which includes interviews, readings, and videos. You can subscribe to find out when new videos are posted.

1. The book sat there for some time, seemingly too much book to read in a week and, thus, impossible for this week's review--maybe next week and Spring break. 2. The lure of the book, its title, and a reminder that a great loss was forthcoming, set connection receptors to twitching. 3.

Galatea meets iCub The protagonist of Richard Power's Galatea 2.2, working with a misanthropic programing wonk, teaches an AI computer language by having it read great works of literature. Powers, as in all his books, knows his subject: language acquisition, lingusitic theory, programing, AI theory.