Ron Kaplan, Freelance Writer

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	In the movie The Day After Tomorrow, scientists confront narrow-minded bureaucrats with dire warnings about an impending climactic crisis. Guess which side prevails? In FIELD NOTES FROM A CATASTROPHE, Elizabeth Kolbert, a writer for the New Yorker, presents some equally disturbing, if less immediate, news. Read the rest. Time begins again Following their first World Series Championship in almost 90 years, more than a dozen titles acknowledging the Boston Red Sox's accomplishment hit the shelves. Now that the novelty has finally worn off, the genre can get back to normal, with its usual assortment of heroes, villains and eclectic themes. Bookreporter.com's Ron Kaplan takes a look at some of these titles just in time for the start of the 2006 Major League Baseball season. Read the Rest. Fantasy baseball was developed more than 20 years ago by a group of bored guys in the publishing field who decided they could do a better job of putting a winning team together than the jokers who actually do this sort of thing for a living. Read the rest.