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Speaking of logical arguments for religious belief... LAist provided this great photo.

LA Times Festival of Books at UCLA this weekend.

A zillion books and a zillion authors will be on campus this weekend. Full details.

Authors that leaped to my attention (YMMV) include:

Kevin J. Anderson
Julie Andrews
Reza Aslan (I don't know who he is, but hell, who wouldn't want a book signed by Aslan!)
Ray Bradbury
David Brin
Raymond E. Feist
Jaime Hernandez
Douglas Hofstadter
Susan Jacoby
Aimee Mann
Mike Mignola
Michael Shermer
Gore Vidal