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The Next Nerd Obsession
Lost is ending soon, Battlestar Galactica is over, and Heroes has faltered. Can a TV version of A Game of Thrones save the geekosphere?
This Week's Hot Reads
This week: a reporter visits the whitest towns in America, how dating can make you a career superstar, a novel about transformation in the Montreal underworld, a gripping Scandinavian thriller, and an elegant look at the diplomatic artistry of Rubens.
Four decades after the gruesome murders carried out by Charles Manson's acolytes, The Daily Beast tracks down the main players: Manson, his accomplices, and the woman who tried to kill Gerald Ford. Plus, view a chilling interview of Manson in prison.
When Bill Clinton went to North Korea to secure the release of hostages, he became the latest "private citizen" to go toe to toe with foreign governments. The Beast presents the highlights and lowlights from two centuries of unofficial diplomacy.












