![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, AI will bring new risks in the form of autonomous weapons and smart technology that inherits human bias. ![]() In liberating us from routine work, however, AI will also challenge the organizing principles of our economic and social order. AI will generate unprecedented wealth, revolutionize medicine and education through human-machine symbiosis, and create brand-new forms of communication and entertainment. Within two decades, aspects of daily human life will be unrecognizable. Eye-opening.”-Mark CubanĪI will be the defining development of the twenty-first century. Lee and Chen take us on an immersive trip through the future. “This inspired collaboration between a pioneering technologist and a visionary writer of science fiction offers bold and urgent insights.”-Yann LeCun, winner of the Turing Award chief AI scientist, Facebook.How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years?Ī WALL STREET JOURNAL, WASHINGTON POST, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ![]()
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![]() ![]() As the story begins in 1845, Frances is separated from her husband, the portrait painter Samuel Stillman Osgood, and is struggling to earn enough money through her writing to support herself and her young children. ![]() I had assumed that the Mrs Poe of the title was Poe’s cousin Virginia Clemm who became his wife at the age of thirteen, but while Virginia does play a big part in the story, the title also refers to another woman – the poet Frances Sargent Osgood, with whom Poe may have had an affair. By all accounts Poe’s private life was almost as interesting as his fiction, so I was naturally drawn to this new novel by Lynn Cullen with the title Mrs Poe. I was already familiar with the more famous ones, but I hadn’t realised what a diverse writer he actually was and I enjoyed discovering the rest of his work, from the wonderful creepiness of Ligeia and the mystery of The Gold Bug to the satire of The Angel of the Odd and the eerie beauty of Silence: A Fable. About ten years ago I was given a copy of Edgar Allan Poe’s complete works for Christmas and spent the next few months slowly working through his stories and poems. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rowling finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2007. We were very lucky to have visited the famous room of the Scottish hotel where J.K. If you enter the hotel, pass the hall and turn right into the elevator, go to the fifth floor, exit the elevator and walk through the corridor to the right, you will find the door of Room 552 in the corner, decorated with an owl and a small golden sign: The J.K. Rowling finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows June 1, 2016Īt the east end of Princes Street, just a few meters away from the Scott Monument, there is a Victorian Building that has been one of the landmarks of Edinburgh: The Balmoral, a luxury five-star hotel which opened more than 100 years ago. Exclusive Articles News The Balmoral Hotel, where J.K. ![]() ![]() ![]() Still, despite my inner pep talk, my breath caught when I stepped out onto the tenth floor and saw the smoked-glass entrance to Savor, Inc. I just had this feeling, deep inside me, that working as Lei Yeung’s assistant was what I needed to spread my wings and fly. I couldn’t even think about walking away from the interview without nailing it. The man had turned out to be really bad for me the job could change my life in an amazing way. There were two things in my life I’d felt that way about: the man I’d stupidly fallen in love with and the administrative assistant position I was about to interview for. ![]() Have you ever wanted something so bad, you couldn’t imagine not having it? My nervousness only increased after I accepted my visitors badge and headed to the elevator. With damp palms, I slid my ID across the security desk. My heels clicked across the dark marble of the massive lobby with a tempo that echoed my racing heart. It was a breezy fall morning when I entered the mirrored glass skyscraper in midtown Manhattan, leaving the cacophony of blaring horns and pedestrian chatter behind to step into cool quiet. ![]() ![]() Maybe it's Freddy, who is rapidly losing her friends, including Doodle, who needs her now more than ever.įortunately for Freddy, there are new friends, and the insight of advice columnists like Anna Vice to help her through being a teenager in love. ![]() But Laura Dean keeps coming back, and as their relationship spirals further out of her control, Freddy has to wonder if it's really Laura Dean that's the problem. Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her, a mysterious medium, who leaves Freddy some cryptic parting words: break up with her. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend. Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sheets of reddish-brown peat wasn’t bogland known to harbour disease? The occasional grey remains of a cottage, almost greened over. We’re in the exact middle of the country here.įlat fields striped with dark foliage. Lib waited, braced against the juddering of the cart. Perhaps that was responsible for the driver’s missing teeth too. The few people on the macadamised road out of Athlone seemed wan, which Lib attributed to the infamous diet of potatoes and little else. ![]() On the other side of the bench, slouching so his back almost touched hers, the driver flicked his whip. This was better than the stuffy train, at least. She put up her steel-frame umbrella against the drizzle. Lib settled herself on the single bench down the middle, her boots hanging closer to the right-hand wheel than she liked. ![]() ![]() An Irish misnomer nothing jaunty about this bare cart. He carried her trunk to what he called the jaunting car. But that was some years ago, so her ear strained now to make out the driver’s words. A train from London to Liverpool the steam packet overnight to Dublin a slow Sunday train west to a town called Athlone. The journey was no worse than she expected. May there be no frost on your potatoes, nor worms in your cabbage. Nár mille an sioc do chuid prátaí, Go raibh duilleoga do chabáiste slán ó chnuimheanna. For our daughter, Una, an old Irish blessing: ![]() ![]() ![]() *Denotes Member of Actor's Equity Associationīased on Mark Haddon’s 2003 best-selling novel, the winner of more than 17 literary awards, this winner of the Tony Award® for Best Play centers around Christopher, just 15 years old, who uses his extraordinary brain to solve the mystery of his neighbor’s dog’s death. Understudies/Covers: For Ed (John Busser), For Siobhan (Jenny Boswell),įor Judy (Dayni Mahar), for Male Doubling Tracks (Adam Rawlings),įor Female Doubling Tracks (Jillian Mesaros), For Christoper Boon (David Bays) Peters/Rhodri/Uncle Terry/Voice Four/ Adam Hass-Hill Number 40/Voice Five/Lady In Street/ Jenny Boswell London Transport Policeman/London Policeman Shears)/Duty Sergeant/Voice Two/ John Busser Alexander/Posh Woman/Voice Six Nanna Ingvarsson September 23 – Octoadditional performance on Oct 13, 2022, Senney Theater Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. ![]() ![]() The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time (Play)īased on the book by Mark Haddon, Adapted by Simon Stephens ![]() ![]() ![]() But the show’s excellent soundtrack is not limited to the mid 1950s. ![]() Rest assured, Lovecraft Country takes place in the mid 1950s. That pleasant disorientation is enhanced by an equally disorienting soundtrack. Which war coincided with “whites only” restaurants and sundown towns? World War II, The Korean War, The Vietnam War – take your pick, really. And the fact that Atticus “Tic” Freeman was a war veteran didn’t help out much. That’s partly because the Jim Crow era of American institutionalized racism was a lengthy one. As evidenced by our helpful explainer article, it wasn’t immediately clear when Lovecraft Country even took place. Though the series is certainly timely, it’s also timeless. As adapted by Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, the show takes classic horror, sci-fi, and adventure tropes and adapts them into a timely story of American racism. HBO’s latest blockbuster drama effort, Lovecraft Country, is a unique Lovecraftian beast. ![]() ![]() Knowing this would mean her death, Rahaf barricaded herself in an airport hotel room and appealed for help through social media, creating a Twitter storm and capturing the attention of government leaders, human rights advocates and media around the world. But on her arrival the Thai authorities, acting on the instructions of Saudi officials, detained Rahaf with the aim of returning her to her family. She boarded a plane bound for Bangkok, en route to Australia where she intended to seek asylum. ![]() She was fleeing systematic abuse of her human rights as a woman growing up in Saudi Arabia and, specifically, her family's threats to kill her because she desired the freedoms Western women take for granted. ![]() In January 2019, then 18-year-old Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed escaped from her family while holidaying in Kuwait. ![]() ![]() ![]() To save her family and maybe the world, she’ll have to put her trust in Zayne. Zayne has secrets of his own that will upend her world yet again-but working together becomes imperative once demons breach the compound and Trinity’s secret comes to light. Not the least because one of the outsiders is the most annoying and fascinating person she’s ever met. ![]() When Wardens from another clan arrive with disturbing reports that something out there is killing both demons and Wardens, Trinity’s safe world implodes. ![]() If the demons discover the truth about Trinity, they’ll devour her, flesh and bone, to enhance their own powers. Her unique gift is part of a secret so dangerous that she’s been in hiding for years in an isolated compound fiercely guarded by Wardens-gargoyle shape-shifters who protect humankind from demons. Storm and FuryĮighteen-year-old Trinity Marrow may be going blind, but she can see and communicate with ghosts and spirits. This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. ![]() |