If Peter Brannen, author of The Ends of the World, connects communication between departments of academics the way he recorded a town meeting in which Vineyarders bandied an issue back and forth, the new book will be a best seller. Four hundred and forty five million years of Earth history is a lot. But on the upside, just learned that Herman Wouk, author of The Winds of War, is 102 and still writing. He has a running start.

Bonnie Green
Atlanta, Ga.