Blogcritics Editors' Picks - Oct. 15 to Oct. 21 - Page 2

BugBlog Report 10/16/05: Microsoft, Sony, Apple by Bruce Kratofil, Oct. 16
Bruce Kratofil is back with is report on fixes for recently discovered bugs in Windows, Playstation and Mac OX.

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BOOKS: Pat Cummings' picks of the week

Review:The Life of Pi by Pacze Moj, Oct. 19
Pacze takes a "late" look at the Booker prize winner, and finds it wanting, wordy - and still better than most over-hyped "literature" available today. This is how you write a negative review, folks, with respect and honest appraisal.

Review:Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card by Ashok K. Banker, Oct. 19
Ashok has a suggestion for M. Night Shyamalan, and one for us. "Add this book to your Halloween reading list," he tells us (and gives us solid reasons why). And to Shyamalan, he says: "Make this book into a movie to rival

Review:Anansi Boys by Bill Wallo, Oct. 21
Neil Gaiman's new entry continues the thread he began in American Gods, and Bill does a great job of clueing the reader into the connection between the previous novel and this one. Bill knows how to tease - you'll want to read the novel to learn more about Aunt Nancy's sons and their bargain with the gods!

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MUSIC: Matt Freelove's picks of the week

Rock Star: Van Halen? by Michele Catalano, Oct. 20
Michele Catalano writes an angry, wonderful, hilarious letter to the brainless Eddie Van Halen. Classic stuff.

Review: Animal Collective - Feels by Max Burke, Oct. 20
Every week, it seems that Blogcritics is signing up great music writers. Max Burke is no exception. His review of Animal Collective’s Feels got me juiced about learning more about the band and the album. Isn’t that what this is all about?

Editor's picking Editor's
Politics Editor Lisa McKay would like to encourage everyone to continue to look in on Phillip Winn and Eric Berlin's excellent, ongoing series, In the Middle, as this week they talk about the effect of the media on the public perception of the war in Iraq.

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