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The Book Report: Washington Post critic Ron Charles (October 13)
By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles
Here are four great new books to sink into this fall.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Powers is back with “Playground” (W.W. Norton), a brilliant new novel about artificial intelligence and the race to save the oceans.
The story moves along three tracks: There’s a computer genius looking back at his life; an oceanographer recounting her love for sea creatures; and a small group of people on a tiny island in the South Pacific who’ve been offered a fortune by a shadowy group of tech billionaires.
How Powers manages to draw these three stories together will change the way you see the world.
Read an excerpt: “Playground” by Richard Powers
“Playground” by Richard Powers (W.W. Norton), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
Richard Powers (Official site)
“Creation Lake” by Rachel Kushner (Scribner) looks like a spy thriller, but it’s even trickier than that. The narrator is a freelance agent who specializes in infiltrating radical groups.
She’s been hired to pose as a translator in France and work her way into a commune of environmental terrorists who follow a spiritual leader who believes we should live more like the Neanderthals once did.
But as she gets closer to sabotaging this group, she falls under the spell of this Neanderthal philosophy.
Read an excerpt: “Creation Lake” by Rachel Kushner
“Creation Lake” by Rachel Kushner (Scribner), in Hardcover, Large Print, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
Rachel Kushner (Official site)
Danzy Senna’s “Colored Television” (Riverhead Books) is a sharp, witty satire of our attitudes about racial identity and pop culture.
At the center of the story is a writer who spent years working on a vast history of biracial people, only to discover that nobody will publish it. And so, desperate for money, she turns to Hollywood and tries to sell her idea for a biracial TV sit-com.
But what would that be, and why would it be funny? That remains a mystery, but this is a wickedly funny novel about trying to make it in America.
Read an excerpt: “Colored Television” by Danzy Senna
“Colored Television” by Danzy Senna (Riverhead Books), in Hardcover, Large Print, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
Yuval Noah Harari is a genius at helping people imagine and comprehend enormous spans of time. A decade ago, he published a bestseller called “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.”
And now, his new book – “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI” (Random House) – looks at the way information was used to control past human societies, and how artificial intelligence is already reshaping our world.
“Silicon chips,” he warns, “can create spies that never sleep, financiers that never forget, despots that never die. How will this change society, economics, politics?”
Read an excerpt: “Nexus” by Yuval Noah Harari
“Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI” by Yuval Noah Harari (Random House), in Hardcover, Large Print, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
Yuval Noah Harari (Official site)
For more suggestions on what to read, contact your librarian or local bookseller.
That’s it for the Book Report. I’m Ron Charles. Until next time, read on!
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How to watch the Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears NFL game today: Livestream options, more
The Minnesota Vikings will take on the Chicago Bears today. The Vikings are currently 8-2, an impressive run so far this season, and will be looking to add a fourth win to their current streak after last Sunday’s 23-13 win against the Tennessee Titans. The Bears, on the other hand, are entering this game on the heels of a four-game losing streak after a tough 20-19 loss against the Green Bay Packers last Sunday.
Here’s how and when you can watch the Vikings vs. Bears game today, whether or not you have cable.
How and when to watch the Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears
The Vikings vs. Bears game will be played on Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. PT). The game will air on Fox and stream on Fubo and the platforms featured below.
How and when to watch the Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears game without cable
You can watch this week’s NFL game on Fox via several streaming services. All you need is an internet connection and one of the top options outlined below.
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Watching NFL games, including Fox broadcasts, is simple with Hulu + Live TV, which includes 90 channels, unlimited DVR storage, and access to NFL preseason games, live regular season games and studio shows. The service includes ESPN+ and Disney+ in the subscription.
Want to watch today’s game live on your smartphone? If so, NFL+ streaming service is the solution you’re looking for. It lets you watch NFL Network and out-of-market games on mobile devices, with an upgrade option to NFL+ Premium that includes NFL RedZone for watching up to eight games simultaneously. Note that NFL+ only works on phones and tablets, not TVs.