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Knott's dark ride embarks on steampunk-inspired underwater journey
The one-of-a-kind Voyage to the Iron Reef interactive dark ride coming to Knott's Berry Farm in 2015 will drop visitors into the middle of an underwater battle brimming with steampunk-inspired sea creatures determined to destroy the Buena Park theme park. The new 4-D shoot-'em-up attraction will take over a long-neglected location in the Boardwalk section of the park that was once home to two beloved dark rides: Knott's Bear-y Tales and Kingdom of the Dinosaurs. Demonstrating a renewed commitment to storytelling, Knott's has invested heavily in themed dark rides in the past few years with animatronic updates and extensive overhauls to Timber Mountain...
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Knott's new dark ride embarks on steampunk-inspired underwater journey
The one-of-a-kind Voyage to the Iron Reef interactive dark ride coming to Knott's Berry Farm in 2015 will drop visitors into the middle of an underwater battle brimming with steampunk-inspired sea creatures determined to destroy the Buena Park theme park.
Karen Armstrong's thinking shifts on religion and violence
Buddhists speak of the "third half of life," and at age 70, Karen Armstrong is well into what might be called the third half of her career. First was a time as a member of a Catholic religious order ? a nun ? in England and as a student...
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PEN Center USA literary awards a star-filled event
The PEN Center USA literary awards, as always, honored excellent writing and celebrated heroes of free speech on Tuesday. And host Aisha Tyler exercised it with a high-energy,...
Days of the dead: Time to say 'enough' to extreme narco-culture?
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Bad Sex in Fiction finalists include Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami's "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" was one of the most hotly anticipated novels of the year. Now it's in the running for the most dreaded prize in fiction. The Bad Sex in Fiction Award was created by the...
Bouchercon is a killer convention for crime fiction fans, authors
Bouchercon, like many conferences that bring together creators and fans, has panel discussions, signings and an awards dinner. But the 44-year-old crime fiction convention also offers activities unlikely to be found...
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In San Antonio, remembering (and rethinking) the Alamo
The most famous building in Texas is smaller than you expect, and it's about as pretty as your average California mission. In fact, it was once a mission, though these days it stands across the street from an unholy row of Ripley's and Guinness tourist...
Maurice Sendak's rare book collection is subject of new lawsuit
Maurice Sendak was the author of the beloved children's books "Where the Wild Things Are," "In the Night Kitchen," "Chicken Soup with Rice" and many more. The author and illustrator, who could be delightfully gruff (see his not-safe-for-work interview with Stephen Colbert), passed away in...
From 'Interstellar' to '2001,' five philosophical sci-fi epics
Perhaps more than any other genre, sci-fi movies ask, "What if?" In their attempts to address that question, filmmakers have given audiences a bewildering array of sights, sounds and ideas over the years: the dystopian grit of "Blade Runner,"...
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Ha Jin roves U.S. and China, charting 'A Map of Betrayal'
With a National Book Award, two PEN/Faulkners and a Pulitzer nomination under his belt, Ha Jin is one of America's most decorated living novelists. He's made a name for himself writing beautiful stories centered in China, where he was born and...
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'Interstellar' is an ambitious, imperfect sci-fi epic, reviews say
Like the astronauts at the center of "Interstellar," director Christopher Nolan is on an ambitious mission. His new film, which stars Matthew McConaughey as a single dad piloting a space mission to find a new home for humanity, is visually expansive,...
Martin Short writes a book about keeping a smile through hard times
Crying isn't the first reaction you would expect to have after reading Martin Short's autobiography, "I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend." But the Emmy- ("SCTV") and Tony Award-winning ("Little Me") Short, who created such comic...
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Homonyms, hurricanes and Asperger's in Ann M. Martin's 'Rain Reign'
If Rose Howard's family was well off, she'd be a "special" girl who was considered smart and quirky by the teachers at her private school for children who have Asperger's syndrome. But Rose, the main character and the narrator of "Rain Reign"...
Shigeru Mizuki's 'Showa' draws a graphic portrait of Japan
In Japan, history is still divided according to the reign of the emperors. This year, for instance, is Heisei 26 ? the 26th year of the reign of Emperor Akihito, who will be posthumously renamed Heisei. Shigeru Mizuki, the manga artist...
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