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The September 27th issue of the is now online, and has some interesting articles, including a by Christian Caryl on Vladimir Sorokin’s .

Over at the they point out that this issue—the “Fall Books Preview”—is surprisingly lacking in fiction coverage.

But we couldn’t help but notice that the fiction coverage is . . . limited. Three titles — one of which is a New York Review Books title (Sorokin’s Ice), and another of which is . . . the latest Harry Potter. Meanwhile, four films are discussed (including a Harry Potter . . .).

The lack of fiction coverage doesn’t stop there though. Actually, looks like The New Republic is featuring even less than that:

• In the current issue: four reviews, with the review of two Loeb Classics volume of Hesiod about as close to fiction as it gets

• The 27 August issue, which admirably reviews the recent complete Zbigniew Herbert collection, as well as . . . Tina Brown’s The Diana Chronicles, but no fiction

• The 6 August issue: four reviews, no fiction

• The 23 July issue: four reviews, no fiction

Just what book culture needs—another review of The Diana Chronicles.