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Profile: Mike Harcourt

Nobody could have been more pleased than Mike Harcourt when Vancouver topped the list of cities for the fifth year running. The former Vancouver mayor and B.C. premier led a recent chat about his new book–the fittingly titled City Making in Paradise–with a mention of the honour, bestowed August 22 by England's Economist Intelligence Unit.
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William Gibson

By John Burns

Think you know William Gibson, Vacouver speculative-fiction author, father of cyberpunk? He recently sat down with the Straight to discuss his new, ninth novel, Spook Country (G.P. Putnam's Sons, $32.50), and we learn…

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Neil Gaiman in black and white

By Blaine Kyllo
Who is Neil Gaiman? He's a writer, but you're forgiven if you didn't know. "If people know who I am and what I do, odds are they've read something by me and they liked it," he suggests. "Occasionally, they've read something by me and they hate it." Gaiman has been writing for some time and has tackled pretty much every mode you can think of.
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