Thomas Pynchon, Lost and Found
New York magazine book critic Boris Kachka has been on the trail of Thomas Pynchon. The result is as thorough biography of Pynchon as we've had in years. No, New York magazine book critic Boris Kachka did not talk to media-averse novelist Thomas Pynchon. But he seems to have interviewed pretty much everyone outside the immediate family of the man who gave us the funniest orgy scene in literature (
Why Stephen King Spends 'Months and Even Years' Writing Opening Sentences
Stephen King brings us two new novels in 2013 -- one on shelves already, and the other forthcoming. In June, Joyland was published by Hard Case Crime, an imprint showcasing classic and contemporary crime writers in paperback editions dressed up like vintage pulps: Stylized covers feature ominous taglines, brooding private dicks, and draped-out femme fatales. Though Joyland's story is haunted by a
Scenes From Antarctica
Scenes From Antarctica Alan Taylor October 10, 2012 37 Photos In Focus Summer is returning to Antarctica and researcher teams from around the world are heading south for the (relatively) warm season. Among them are members of a Russian team that drilled into Lake Vostok last February. Vostok is a subglacial lake some 4,000 meters below the surface of the ice, and the plan is to send a robot down t
Oktoberfest 2012
Oktoberfest 2012 Alan Taylor September 26, 2012 34 Photos In Focus On Saturday, the 179th Oktoberfest opened in Munich, Germany, with the traditional tapping of the first keg of beer by Munich's mayor, Christian Ude, as he shouted, "O'zapft is!" ("It's tapped!"). The Bavarian festival is open until October 7, and 6 million people are expected to attend. Last year, visitors drank nearly 8 million o
Muslim Protests Spread Around the Globe
Muslim Protests Spread Around the Globe Alan Taylor September 14, 2012 36 Photos In Focus Outrage in the Muslim community, stoked by a crude anti-Islam video mocking the prophet Muhammad, has spread across much of the globe today. Starting earlier this week in Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt, protesters stormed embassies, resulting in multiple deaths, four of them American. Since then, demonstrations ha
One World Trade Center: Construction Progress
One World Trade Center: Construction Progress Alan Taylor September 10, 2012 33 Photos In Focus Tomorrow will mark the 11th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. After years of effort and numerous setbacks, three of the proposed seven towers to be built at the World Trade Center complex have "topped out," reaching their structural maximum height. Seven WTC was completed in 2006, Four W
Lightning Strikes
Lightning Strikes Alan Taylor August 21, 2012 24 Photos In Focus Worldwide, lightning strikes around 50 times every second (more than 4 million times every day). Electrical imbalances generated by turbulent skies are suddenly balanced by a spectacular discharge tracing across a darkened sky -- a display that is both frightening and awe-inspiring. Collected below are recent images of lightning arou
London 2012: The Closing Ceremony
London 2012: The Closing Ceremony Alan Taylor August 13, 2012 46 Photos In Focus Last night in London, thousands of fans gathered in Olympic Stadium for the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 games. The spectacular show kicked off with fireworks and rolled into a series of performances by British pop stars from the past six decades, including Brian May, The Who, Blur, and George Michael. Even John Lenno
The 2012 Transit of Venus
The 2012 Transit of Venus Alan Taylor June 6, 2012 29 Photos In Focus Observers around the world (at least those who who were blessed with clear skies) were able to look up yesterday and view our neighboring planet Venus as it passed directly between us and the Sun. This rare event will not reoccur for another 105 years. Scientists used the six-hour transit as an opportunity to perform experiments
Shuttles Sail to Their New Homes
Shuttles Sail to Their New Homes Alan Taylor June 7, 2012 22 Photos In Focus After NASA shut down the Space Shuttle Program, the remaining shuttles and replicas were divided among several cities, as museum displays. Over the past few weeks, two shuttles that never flew to space were transported by barge to their new homes. The Enterprise was sailed up the Hudson River to its new position aboard th
A Ring of Fire: The 2012 Annular Eclipse
A Ring of Fire: The 2012 Annular Eclipse Alan Taylor May 21, 2012 26 Photos In Focus Yesterday, the Moon passed between the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow from China to North America. This was an annular eclipse, where the Moon's apparent diameter is slightly smaller than the Sun's, blocking all but a ring of sunlight. Skywatchers brought out special glasses, welder's masks, and telescopes to s
America at Work: Your Photos
America at Work: Your Photos Alan Taylor February 28, 2012 37 Photos In Focus As a follow-up to my photo collection published in The Atlantic's January 2012 issue (and online), I put out a call for reader photographs with the theme of "America at Work." The response was fantastic. People sent in images from Guam to Massachusetts, and from Florida to California. The photos depict a wide range of jo
2011: The Year in Photos, Part 1 of 3
2011: The Year in Photos, Part 1 of 3 Alan Taylor December 6, 2011 41 Photos In Focus 2011 was a year of global tumult, marked by widespread social and political uprisings, economic crises, and a great deal more. We saw the fall of multiple dictators, welcomed a new country (South Sudan), witnessed our planet's population grow to 7 billion, and watched in horror as Japan was struck by a devastatin
Fukushima: Inside the Exclusion Zone
Fukushima: Inside the Exclusion Zone Alan Taylor December 5, 2011 20 Photos In Focus In June, National Geographic sent AP photographer David Guttenfelder into the exclusion zone around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station, which was badly damaged in the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. He captured images of communities that had become ghost towns, with pets and farm animals roamin
National Geographic Photo Contest 2011
National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 Alan Taylor November 11, 2011 45 Photos In Focus National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30. For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let
Japan Earthquake: Six Months Later
Japan Earthquake: Six Months Later Alan Taylor September 12, 2011 34 Photos In Focus Yesterday, the world commemorated the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States, but Sunday had another significance for Japan. It marked six months since the massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, a date now seared in the country's national consciousness. At 2:46 that afternoon, a 9.0 magnitu
World War II: Conflict Spreads Around the Globe
World War II: Conflict Spreads Around the Globe Alan Taylor July 17, 2011 45 Photos In Focus From the last few months of 1940 through the summer of 1941, the conflicts among nations grew into true World War. The East African campaign and Western Desert campaign both began during this period, with largely Italian and British forces battling back and forth across the deserts of Egypt and Libya and f
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