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Origin of the word Nerd

"And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo, and bring back an It-Kutch, a Preep, and a Proo, a Nerkle, a Nerd, and a...

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Bloodhag celebrates sci-fi writers

Each of Blöödhag's songs was written about (and named after) sci-fi writers like Harlan Ellison and Ray Bradbury -- whose...

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Dan Brown's dubious claims about The Da Vinci Code

The New Yorker's Peter J. Boyer on Dan Brown's dubious claims about The Da Vinci Code:

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Trivia about Books, Religion and Publishing

Over 6 billion copies of the Bible have been sold. Worldwide, 47 are sold every minute.

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Trivia about Books, Literature and Publishing

Though The Catcher In The Rye (1951) is J. D. Salinger`s only published novel, he is rumored to write a novel every year...

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Trivia about Books, Internet and Computers

Amazon.com sold its first book on July 15, 1995. The book? Douglas Hofstadter`s `Fluid Concepts & Creative...

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Trivia about Kissing, Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling

J. K. Rowling`s, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005), the sixth installment of the popular children`s...

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How popular is the work of Hans Christian Andersen?

When Leningrad was under siege in the Second World War and the city surrounded and starving, the production of consumer...

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Is Harry Potter gay?

The news that Dumbledore is gay will probably spur academics to add to the 190-odd books of Harry Potter analysis that...

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Karl Rove, heavy reader

Among the items which Bush strategist Karl Rove brought with him when he moved to Washington? 148 boxes of books.

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