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May/June 2005
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Vol. 116, No. 2
FLOATERS The painting above is one of astronomical illustrator
Lynette R. Cook's translations of scientific fact into a visual medium
(see "The science in fiction"). This image and others can be found
in the book Infinite Worlds, published by University of California Press.
SPECIAL FEATURE SECTION: THE WRITING (& READING) LIFE
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Editor's note: Agonizing Ecstasies
By:Kerry Tremain
Berkeley biologist Daniel Koshland recently asked me what I enjoy most about being an editor...
The science in fiction
By:Sheila Kaplan
How realistic is sci-fi? Berkeley scientists weigh in...
Bunkered
By:Edward Wong
A New York Times reporter asks: How do you cover a war from inside a fortified compound...
Shot in the head
By:William Drummond and Sheila Kaplan
Wounded journalist Ian Stewart recounts the incidents in Africa that nearly cost him his life, and then sanity...
Good summer reads
By:Staff
A (fun) reading list from the Berkeley faculty...
New books
By:Berkeley professors and alumni
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City of Clay
By:Ken Auletta, Christopher Buckley, Orville Schell, Gloria Steinem, and Tom Wolfe, with Joan Didion and Nora Ephron
Journalism professor Clay Felker reinvented the city magazine, launching a "New Journalism" and the careers of countless writers....
Do-overs
By:Patrick Dillon and Amy Louison
Regrets as an occupational hazard for authors....
Recommended reading I
By:Staff
Work by Ray Troll...
Recommended reading II
By:Staff
Work by Rebecca Solnit...
Recommended reading III
By:Staff
Work by Rupert Garcia...
Written on water
By:Eileen Chang
Translated for the first time, Chang's essays lyrically recall wartime Shanghai...
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