Last year, speculative fiction author Ray Nayler published "The Mountain in the Sea," his first novel, depicting a not-too-distant future in which humankind is faced with an awe-inspiring (and deeply ...

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While I was ultimately unable to turn down the massive paychecks and gratuitous opulence of local journalism, in another life I think I’d have really liked to be a marine biologist. The aquarium ...

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