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The Editors: The Complete Syllabus: “The Future” This quarter's syllabus is assembled and ready for your perusal. It should at least get you to the next issue.; Mr. Wells Reviews a ‘Current’ Film H.G. Wells takes Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" to task for its sentimentality and failure to display a believable future.; The Complete Syllabus: “Food” LQ collects the books that we've used for each issue of the magazine. If you were ever wondering what our bookshelves look like at the office, this might give you a good idea.; The Best Books We Read This Year Reading is a way of life at LQ, and the editors highlight some of the best of the best they read this year.; Thrilla in Manila Basketball is the dominant sport in the Philippines, where companies own the teams and bad calls aren't tolerated by the fans.; Your Team Here Just in case you haven't heard the shouts from around the world, the World Cup begins today and LQ will be watching.; Contest: Working Titles Figure out the working titles of famous books and win a free issue of Arts & Letters.; Zeitgeisted! LQ was on TV last night. Was it on PBS or the History Channel you ask? Try FOX.; Power Hour Daniel Handler discusses the lives of famous literary tipplers and the pleasure of the cocktail hour.; Reverend Billy and Lewis Lapham Compare Notes on God LQ and Killing the Buddha present Lewis Lapham and Reverend Billy at Bookcourt this Thursday.