Anathem by Neal Stephenson Stephenson's expansive storytelling echoes Walter Miller's classic A Canticle for Leibowitz, the space operas of Larry Niven and the cultural meditations Douglas Hofstadter—a heady mix of antecedents that makes for long st... http://www.authors-books.com/2008/08/2...

Haitian Music System Band will play Haitian music tonight at Sounds of Brazil, 204 Varick Street (243-4940). Sets begin at 11 P.M., 1 and 2:30 A.M.; there is a $15 cover and a two-drink minimum. 2 The music of Haiti is influenced most greatly b... http://articles.top501.nu/2008/07/15/l...