I saw Ben Affleck's adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel yesterday evening. A pretty good movie with a tight, suspensful plot, serious acting, fabulous Boston neighborhoods ( Read more... )

I cannot recommend enough the wonderful sci-fi series by Kim Stanley Robinson about global warming and its consequences:
40 signs of rain
50 degrees below
60 days and countingThe 3 books take place in my Washington DC (one of the heroes eats at the Indian restaurant down Connecticut Avenue where Nat and I had lunch once) and they span over dozens ( Read more... )