The giant sloth, or mylodon, was once thought to to have gone extinct long before humans arrived in South America. Some people now think that it may have been alive in the 1800s. You decide “The Kennedy Connection” (Atria Books) is the first in a new series of murder mysteries featuring Malloy, a Daily News reporter who takes to the streets armed with a notepad and a vengeance. It’s author, Dick Belsky, is a former Daily News editor.
“I tried to capture the intensity of The News’ newsroom, the incredible dedication to getting the story, getting it first, getting it right,” says Belsky, who already has seven mysteries to his pen name, R.G. Belsky.
“There’s probably nothing like working there.”
Belsky spent five years at the paper in an era that produced two of the most dramatic stories of our times, 9/11 and the never-ending 2000 election. But the novel’s hook is a 50-year-old crime that still rivets the nation, the murder of JFK.
“Like many people I don’t accept the official government explanation that this guy just decided to shoot the President,” Belsky says. “That isn’t believable.”
It started with archaeological evidence of a giant sloth that died from being roasted alive in a pit — either the work of humans or very smart and envious smaller sloths. Then there was a dig that turned up two human skeletons, and the partial remains of the giant sloth they'd been eating. That brought giant sloth extinction forward to no more than forty thousand years ago.
Read the full article below:
http://io9.com/did-the-giant-sloth-die-out-less-than-150-years-ago-1630904671
http://io9.com/did-the-giant-sloth-die-out-less-than-150-years-ago-1630904671
“I tried to capture the intensity of The News’ newsroom, the incredible dedication to getting the story, getting it first, getting it right,” says Belsky, who already has seven mysteries to his pen name, R.G. Belsky.
“There’s probably nothing like working there.”
Belsky spent five years at the paper in an era that produced two of the most dramatic stories of our times, 9/11 and the never-ending 2000 election. But the novel’s hook is a 50-year-old crime that still rivets the nation, the murder of JFK.
“Like many people I don’t accept the official government explanation that this guy just decided to shoot the President,” Belsky says. “That isn’t believable.”
It started with archaeological evidence of a giant sloth that died from being roasted alive in a pit — either the work of humans or very smart and envious smaller sloths. Then there was a dig that turned up two human skeletons, and the partial remains of the giant sloth they'd been eating. That brought giant sloth extinction forward to no more than forty thousand years ago.
Read the full article below:
http://io9.com/did-the-giant-sloth-die-out-less-than-150-years-ago-1630904671
http://io9.com/did-the-giant-sloth-die-out-less-than-150-years-ago-1630904671
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