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STEPHEN SCHILDBACH

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FALL BOOKS: DISASTER LIT

• An interview with Simon Winchester, author of A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906. He speaks at Benaroya Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 19. By Brian Miller MORE • Review
• How disaster lit became a perfect storm for the publishing industry. By Tim Appelo MORE
• A Chinese-born novelist writes about the Korean War — in English. By John Freeman MORE

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We should be afraid, very afraid, and our choice of reading reflects that. Even if our government were more reality-based, it might not be able to do enough to save us from the innumerable Armageddons heading our way. But it sure would be nice to know that our leaders had a clue. Bush stubbornly refuses to read newspapers, but perhaps some loyal aide might be willing to read to him from the burgeoning literature of disaster.

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