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Rush Limbaugh created modern national talk radio as we now know it. For over three decades he kept at rapt attention live from noon to 3 p.m. on weekdays the largest conservative audience in broadcast history. More than 15 million tuned in each week.
Last week, 32 years and more than 23,000 hours of on-air commentary after he went national in August 1988, Limbaugh died of lung cancer at age 70.
By the 1990s he had become the voice, literally and iconically, of the conservative movement and its hot/cold liaisons with the Republican Party. Limbaugh was hated by the left because he was deadly effective in fighting them, and he was feared at times by the Republican establishment because he could also be deadly effective in fighting it.
Aliette de Bodard,
Seven of Infinities (Subterranean 10/20) A scholar investigates murder in a house designed by an architect fond of puzzles in this engaging far-future SF mystery novella set in the Xuya universe. “It’s a tightly written jewel of a story, intense and full of feeling, and I recommend it highly.” [Liz Bourke]
Scott Edelman,
Things that Never Happened (Cemetery Dance 9/20) Edelman’s latest collection offers 13 eerie and engrossing horror stories, with comments on each by the noted author/editor.
Paula Guran,
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume One (Pyr 10/20) Guran’s year’s best anthology series continues with its first volume from Pyr, after ten previously from Prime, with 25 stories from 2019. The impressive line-up of authors includes Pat Cadigan, Theodora Goss, Ellen Klages, Ken Liu, Carmen Maria Machado, Sam J. Miller, Joyce Carol Oates, and Rivers Solomon.
Bethanne Patrick Recommends Some Under-the-Radar Must-Reads
December 29, 2020
Everyone else has published their year-end lists of The Best, Our Favorites, Top 10, and so forth (that includes me individually and Lit Hub editorially, too). Why shouldn’t we gather the Best from 2020’s Books You May Have Missed? Choosing from the fifty-odd titles means that these ten are really the cream of a much bigger crop. A few have already gathered awards (
High as the Waters Rise,
Alligator), a few remain sleeper hits (
Greenwood,
The Comeback), while others just sleep. Wake up, readers, and check out these amazing books by a diverse group of authors from around the world.
right after the macy s parade, rare and new breeds of dog at the dog show. the winner will be announced during nbc s thanksgiving special at noon today. more than 170 breeds and we are strutting to win best in show. david frye is the cohost of the national talk show who is here with his cav lower king charles spaniel, angel. angel is very different because she is a therapy dog. that was the theme of this year s show. we have therapy dog ambassadors that we did to honor the dogs. we talked to people about getting involved as a therapy dog. how does that resonate with dog owners and those watching the show some. we think that the celebration of the dogs in our lives.