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Bookmarks: Soylent Green is made out of…

People, of course. But not, it turns out, in the book from which the film was adapted, as this New York Times blog post explains (on the occasion of Charlton Heston’s death).

A few other book-related stories:

  • Ontario Review, R.I.P. (from the Joyce Carol Oates-related site Crossing the Border)
  • Oops: Bishop Gene Robinson’s British publisher nearly prints his memoir sans final chapter (The Independent)
  • Atheneum Publishers founder Simon Michael Bessie, R.I.P. (Chicago Tribune)

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  4. » U.K. publishers go green, sort of
  5. » Event photos: Going for the Green launch

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