In his first collection of essays and criticism, celebrated poet and novelist Brad Leithauser focuses on subjects close to his heart. He writes about computer chess, the future of thinking machines, the mind of H. G. Wells, the spiritual world of Flannery O'Connor, the alternate universe of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses, and more.
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In his first collection of essays and criticism, celebrated poet and novelist Brad Leithauser focuses on subjects close to his heart. He writes about computer chess, the future of thinking machines, the mind of H. G. Wells, the spiritual world of Flannery O'Connor, the alternate universe of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses, and more.
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