AI Search Engines Get It Wrong A Lot. Most of the Time, Actually

“…Scarry continued to produce books for another two decades, all of them featuring animals in place of humans. This actually caused a mild panic at Random House when What Do People Do All Day? was being published, with the staff asking: Shouldn’t it be called What Do Animals Do All Day? The dispute was short-lived since the answer (“No!”) was so obvious, but it hints at something important about the narrative energy on which Scarry’s engine runs.”

I recommend bookmarking and reading later if you can’t get to it right now.

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2005 Pride & Prejudice To Be Re-Released Into Theaters on April 20th

Before the Knightly/McFayden P&P, the Colin Firth BBC adaptation was the canonical version. I don’t think that’s true anymore. This one is a regular rewatch for me, with McFayden, Sutherland, Knightley, and Pike being the repeat draws (though Tom Hollander’s Mr. Collins and Dame Dench’s Lady Catherine being wonderful villians to hate). The book will always be primary for me, but I have to admit that film can do things that books sometimes can’t, and for me there is no better example than McFayden/Darcy’s hand flex in the climactic meeting with Lizzy. I don’t think I caught this in theaters twenty years ago, so this gives me a chance to remedy that.

“Considering book bans are as much a historical as modern phenomenon, you might not be surprised to learn that historical fiction isn’t exempt from censorship, either. Just because something is historically accurate or important doesn’t mean it’s safe. These four banned historical fiction books tell important stories about the history of this country and others — but there are people out there who don’t want you to read them. Which is, I think, all the more reason you should.”