A new book by Stephen Hawking, "The Grand design", is out (co-authored by L. Mlodinov). Whether it is going to achieve the status of the "Brief history of time" of course remains to be seen. Judging from the general media interest it seems to be rather likely. Every major (English-speaking) media outlet hurries up to add its three pennies on the matter. Most of the reviews revolve around "the God question". The New York Times review title - "Many Kinds of Universes, and None Require God" - seems to summarize those well. A notable exception is the review by yet another great of the XX century physics, Roger Penrose.
