Lev Grossman

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Revisiting My First Novel, Warp, Let Me Make Peace With My Former Self

'Time gives you a wonderful, horrible clarity about your own work'

By Lev Grossman

Foer's Family Drama

In January 2012 there was a Flurry of articles on a new comedy in development at HBO called All Talk. The show was about a Jewish family in Washington, D.C., and the tone would be,...

By Lev Grossman

Jonathan Safran Foer's Family Drama

The author discusses 'Here I Am,' a geopolitical family saga—his first novel in 11 years

By Lev Grossman

The 50 Best Video Games of All Time

From arcade classics to recent console hits, these are the 50 greatest games ever

By Alex Fitzpatrick , John Patrick Pullen , Josh Raab , Lev Grossman , Lisa Eadicicco , Matt Peckham and Matt Vella

Wild and Weird, Drone Racing May be the Sport of the Future

Drone racing already has deep grass roots—there are dozens of local and regional drone races every month. Now some want it to go mainstream

The Death of the Bookstore Was Greatly Exaggerated

For years bookstores have been the repository of, along with books, a lot of highly romantic feelings. They crop up in fictional settings rather more often than their retail peers; the list of examples is...

By Lev Grossman

Here’s How PewDiePie Reinvented Fame

How YouTube celebrity PewDiePie reinvented fame

By Lev Grossman

The Geniuses Who Tracked Down the Gene

The story of genetics has a long line of protagonists, but the most winning of them is the first: a shy, neurotic Augustinian friar named Gregor Mendel. Born in 1822, the son of two Silesian...

By Lev Grossman

The Writer Geoff Dyer Finds Trouble In Paradise

Geoff Dyer is often bored; in fact he’s surpassingly eloquent on the subject of his own boredom. He’s bored following the footsteps of Paul Gauguin in Polynesia. He’s bored amid the splendors of Beijing’s Forbidden...

By Lev Grossman

Don DeLillo Dances With Death in His New Novel

Zero K follows a reclusive billionaire who aims to fight death

By Lev Grossman

The Fall of Theranos and the Future of Science In Silicon Valley

The situation exposed weaknesses that might indicate a systemic problem

By Lev Grossman

What Virtual Reality’s Past Reveals About its Future

The technology has a bad rap as simply a novelty

By Lev Grossman

Apple Vs. the FBI: Here's Who Really Lost

One of the more compelling institutional cage matches in the past few years, Apple vs. the FBI, ended in anticlimax March 28. The FBI had been asking for Apple’s help in accessing data on an...

By Lev Grossman

iPhone Debate Ends in Stalemate

The fight is far from over, but here's where things stand

By Lev Grossman

Here's the Full Transcript of TIME’s Interview With Apple CEO Tim Cook

The chief executive of the world's most powerful tech company on your privacy, America's security, and his fight with the FBI

By Nancy Gibbs and Lev Grossman

Inside Apple's FBI Fight

In an exclusive interview with TIME, Cook discusses your privacy, America’s security, and what’s at stake in the battle over encryption

By Lev Grossman / Cupertino, Calif.

Satya Nadella Is Making Microsoft Cool. No, Seriously

2016 according to the CEO of the newly hot giant

By Lev Grossman

How J.J. Abrams Brought Back Star Wars

Inside the making of The Force Awakens

By Lev Grossman

John le Carré: A Most Elusive Man

Reviewing his new biography by Adam Sisman

By Lev Grossman

The World According to John Irving

Reviewing his new novel Avenue of Mysteries

By Lev Grossman
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