Got more money than you have brains? Then get out your wallet, because there's another oligarch edition* on the market. Random House is selling a leather edition of the latest James Bond novel Devil May Care (penned by Sebastian Faulks) in conjunction with the British car maker Bentley. The $1500 book is bound in something … Continue reading Not Stirred

Sociologist Richard Florida--who wrote the various Creative Class books--is out with a new book, Who's Your City? How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life. In it, he argues that where you live is more important now than ever before, since your location determines your access to … Continue reading City as Destiny

Filming on the movie version of Cormac McCarthy's grueling novel The Road is underway, and the New York Times has a glimpse behind the scenes. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic near future, after the earth has been scourged by an unnamed tragedy and world's few remaining humans trudge struggle for survival in a … Continue reading Hell-Adjacent