'The bed itself's a charnel, the sheets shrouds / For murdered carcases,' says the newly married Alsemero as he discovers his bride has had her previous fianc murdered in order to take him to her bed. The Changeling, by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley,...

The Changeling Presented by Cheek-by-Jowl at the Barbican Centre, London. May 11-June 10, 2006. Directed by Declan Donnellan. Designed by Nick Ormerod. Choreographed by Jane Gibson. Lighting by Judith Greenwood. Music by Catherine Jayes. Casting by Siobhan Bracke. Costumes by Angie Burns....

Angelina Jolie traveled up the California coast to receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's "Performance of the Year" award.The 32-year-old actress was honored Saturday for her portrayal of Mariane Pearl, wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, in the film "A Mighty Heart." It's one...

Reactions from some of the Golden Globe Award nominees Thursday:___"I never expected anything like this at my age. But I'll accept it." — Ernest Borgnine, 90, nominated for best actor in a miniseries or movie. He last won a Golden Globe in 1956 for the...

Roger Zelazny's The Changeling is 40,000 words of very pretty trade paperback,… and I rather wish there had been a few more words. Perhaps there were; there appear to be places where segments that ought to have occurred are simply missing, rather than skimped…. But the author triumphs over the editing (?)…. This is very good science fantasy, counterpointing the lives of two attractive male heroes who, as babies, were exchanged between a magical milieu and our mundane one. (p. 43)...

[With Changeling the] prolific and popular Zelazny has produced a short but satisfactory fantasy novel on the "changeling" theme. A baby from a world of magic is brought to technological Earth, while an Earth child is carried off to the magic world…. The writing is clear, the characterization adequate, the background and system of magic intelligently worked out, [and] the pacing brisk….

Roland Green, "Adult Fiction: 'Changeling'," in Bookl...