The first two novels - The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask and the Answer - were shortlisted for the Carnegie in 2009 and 2010.
If the question is life - and that's one of the most profound questions we can ask, he says - the answer is almost certainly not Mars or an asteroid, but rather the icy moons orbiting distant planets like Saturn and Jupiter.
Startup HealthTap is going after this problem with a free question-and-answer service in which consumers anonymously ask questions and doctors answer the questions.
The question Nick Clegg has yet to answer is - why didn't he ask his chief of staff to ask around senior party officials if they'd heard any allegations against Lord Rennard or, indeed, order an inquiry into the "concerns"?
And next question for President Karzai, I want to ask -- I want to ask my question in Dari, and I want to answer it in Dari, too. (Speaking Dari.) Thank you.
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During the question-and-answer session, attendees got the chance to ask their most pressing questions.
So far, he says, the company has attracted 1.36 million of them to a related business, a question-answering site where subscribers ask and answer about technical matters.
To answer those questions, we decided to ask people who should know--the readers and editors of Forbes.com--to vote on who knows the most about money.
They are worried about what is going on and if you just go outside and ask any Sudanese about the future, the typical answer will - and you will get, the future is ambiguous.
As a journalist covering the company, it was refreshing to ask hard questions of management and get a self-deprecating answer.
This week's question is one that many are simply afraid to ask for fear of having to sit through a lecture of an answer -- thankfully, Joel can skim through your responses as time allows.
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The funniest thing--and I saw this happen--is that many people who ask Yergin this question are disappointed with his answer.
And you just ask an open-ended question, and some kids can't answer.
For now, enjoy the hands-on photos and feel free to ask questions in the comments -- we're listening and will answer to the best of our ability.
This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from Bernard, who wants an answer to the age-old question of ensuring you get the most out of your batteries.
The problem with legacy business intelligence is that the power to ask and answer questions is too often out of the hands of the end-users in large organizations.
The services are heavily marketed to cardholders, particularly when you call a toll-free number to activate a card or ask a question, or when a customer-service rep calls to answer an inquiry.
When I ask Mr Swantee to predict how many people will take his new service, he starts to answer - then thinks better of it after checking with his PR advisor.
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