"Playground," by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Richard Powers, is a brilliant novel about artificial intelligence and the race to save the Earth's oceans. The story involves a computer genius, a ...

Ronald Charles Dishno 1938 – 2018 San Diego Ron Dishno passed away on February 23, 2018. He was born in Missoula, Montana, on June 5, 1938, to Tom & Nellie Dishno. He was the eldest of six children, ...

Eric Puchner's "Dream State" is one of those big family novels you just want to fall into. It starts, very charmingly, with the planning for a wedding at a summer house in Montana. Cece is about to ...

If you're trying to figure out what's happening with artificial intelligence, pick up "Empire of AI." Journalist Karen Hao investigates the rise of OpenAI and its visionary co-founder, Sam Altman.

Adam Ross's terrific new novel, "Playworld," is dipped in nostalgia and flecked with love and sorrow. It's 1980 in New York: Griffin Hurt is a successful teenage actor who just wants to pass his ...

As summer revs up, here are three cool new novels, and a work of history that's wilder than fiction! / Credit: Simon & Schuster Lucas Schaefer's debut novel, "The Slip," takes place in and around a ...

2025 offered a feast of great books. To help build your never-ending reading list, here are five titles we particularly enjoyed over the past 12 months: / Credit: Simon & Schuster Lucas Schaefer's ...

Ronald Charles Patton Sr., age 79, of Frankfort, IL, gently entered eternal life on August 17, 2025. Born on March 18, 1946, in East Chicago, IN, Ronald was the beloved son of the late Edward and ...