{"id":34421,"date":"2012-06-26T10:06:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T14:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=34421"},"modified":"2013-01-29T10:46:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T15:46:43","slug":"code-451-psychotic-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/26\/code-451-psychotic-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Code 451, Psychotic Real Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/noiraudio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34422\" title=\"noiraudio\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/noiraudio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>In what might be the ultimate honor, it has been proposed that the Internet pay tribute to Ray Bradbury. Says <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2012\/jun\/22\/ray-bradbury-internet-error-message-451\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a><\/em>, \u201cTim Bray, a fan of Bradbury\u2019s writing, is recommending to the Internet Engineering Task Force, which governs such choices, that when access to a website is denied for legal reasons the user is given the status code 451.\u201d <\/li>\n<li>Happy birthday, <a href=\"http:\/\/yalepress.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/24\/happy-birthday-yves-bonnefoy-new-writing-on-shakespeare\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yves Bonnefoy<\/a>! <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flavorwire.com\/302861\/a-collection-of-brilliant-and-inspiring-letters-from-famous-authors-to-their-young-fans#1\" target=\"_blank\">Letters to young poets<\/a>. (And novelists, playwrights, and journalists!)<\/li>\n<li>Buy <a href=\"http:\/\/eastvillage.thelocal.nytimes.com\/2012\/06\/18\/so-far-no-takers-for-imperial-bedroom-where-american-psycho-was-born\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bret Easton Ellis\u2019s apartment<\/a>. If you dare. To spend a lot. <\/li>\n<li>It is Audiobook Week, and in its honor, you can win <a href=\"http:\/\/www.devourerofbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">a classic pulp noir<\/a>. <\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what might be the ultimate honor, it has been proposed that the Internet pay tribute to Ray Bradbury. 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