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...that turn into Pygmy? I liked the idea of writing a character who is kind of a cipher and isn't readily explained the moment you meet him. This allows everyone who meets Pygmy and interacts with him to project their worst prejudices, self-righteousness and bigotry onto him. They're not even sure what race he is. His name isn't even really Pygmy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Novelist Chuck Palahniuk | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

Chuck Palahniuk isn't a rock star, but he could be. The author of Fight Club, Choke and Invisible Monsters gives readings in concert halls, has been known to throw inflatable sex dolls into the audience and inspires fans to tattoo his name onto their arms. The novelist's official fan site boasts over 47,000 crazed Palahniuk-heads who openly refer to themselves as the Cult and sell book-tour T shirts the way music acts sell concert tees. His latest book, Pygmy, follows the terror plot of an adolescent foreign-exchange student/secret assassin as he infiltrates and tries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Novelist Chuck Palahniuk | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

...problem with the credit-card industry isn't just credit-card companies - it's you too. This week the Senate takes up a bill that would seriously clamp down on some of the industry's most unsavory practices, a piece of legislation that President Obama has said he wants on his desk by the end of the month. The bill, which builds on rules issued by the Federal Reserve Board and other agencies at the end of last year, would do away with interest-rate hikes on existing balances, prohibit issuers from putting customer payments toward lower-rate balances first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Problem with Credit Cards: The Cardholders | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

Adirondacks, New York. The historic Sagamore Hotel located on Lake George in New York's Adirondack State Park isn't exactly a get-away-from-it-all kind of place. It's a full-service resort, with golfing, sailing and fishing. But it's located on it's own 70-acre island. Should you get lucky and snag a fish in that lake, the hotel's chef will filet it and put it on ice for you to take home at the end of your trip. Rates start at $159 per night, with your third night free (that offer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 9 Remote Getaways | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

...another reason to be concerned about the trip is that one of its main purposes - to lend moral support to the diminishing number of Christians in the region - just isn't going to work. (See the five things the Pope must do on his Mideast trip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Mideast Christians Are Wary of Pope Benedict's Visit | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

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