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Yes, Philip Roth liked sex. A lot. But at the end of the day, nothing mattered more to the iconic author than books, a new biography says.

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It’s been more than 30 years since Philip Pullman began the His Dark Materials series – and now, that story is coming to a close. Pullman’s latest book The Rose Field follows the series’ heroine Lyra ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Eight movie adaptations of stories written by celebrated science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov have ...