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Even grown-ups are still mad about dinosaurs
Dougal Dixon, author of the classic work “The New Dinosaurs.” (Photo: Ryusuke Hirai)
December 23, 2012
When 5-year-old Dougal Dixon first came across a dinosaur in a weekly comic book he was reading, there were few children's books on the subject in Scotland, where he was born...
Dogged research behind desire to write...
Mayama plays the soundtrack from the film "The Last Samurai" in the background when writing his "Hagetaka" novels. (Photo: Yoshinori Toyomane)
February 26, 2012
Novelist Jin Mayama was at a Tokyo restaurant with more than 30 people from the publishing industry on the evening of Jan. 17. His novel "Corruptio," which depicts Japanese...
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