Sentences with phrase «by fiction writers»

The deal here is, BBD, that I like fiction written by fiction writers better than fiction written by non-fiction writers, and am pleased to sometimes be able to tell the difference.

There's a monthly writer's club in my area called the Liar's Club, probably because it was started by fiction writers.

First up are three websites by fiction writers and then we'll take a close look at three nonfiction websites.

Unlike most other banned literary substances, this drug is often used by fiction writers and non-fiction writers alike.

They were used by fiction writers to help with the contracts, to get the books into movie and early television (in New York) and overseas, and to go get the coffee.

There are few things more terrible than the death of a child, or more frequently exploited by fiction writers for the sake of a cheap cry.

The October 14 to November 3 residency will be led by fiction writer Chris Abani.

Not exact matches

The series was pitched to him in Los Angeles by superstar science - fiction writer J. Michael Straczynski and Andy and Lana Wachowski, the directors of The Matrix series of movies.

This is why I am trying to understand how you and Dawkins both take a work that you both claim to be fiction yet you reject the main character (God) as defined, accepted and understood by the writer and the audience of that day.

What I found, in addition to more wonderful reading, was a writer who had lived in many of the worlds evoked by his fiction.

She works as a freelance writer by day, poet and fiction writer by whenever life gives her a few free moments.

Yet all fiction writers (and playwrights and filmmakers, for that matter) must make similar imaginative leaps, and will be judged — as Styron has been judged — by how convincingly they portray the characters whose points of view they've done their best to assume.

Read fiction books written by black writers.

The sins of imperialism stain the British as well as the French, and if there is a lacuna in my historical fiction, it is the absence of a novel dealing with the kind of cruelties that have been exposed by writers such as William Dalrymple (The Last Mughal) and Ferdinand Mount (The Tears of the Rajas).

These problems are of such magnitudes and complexity that the quality of the future of our planetary existence now confronts us as something more than just a theoretical or imaginative issue first detailed for us by the writers of science fiction.

It is no coincidence that the near unanimous judgment of science fiction writers is that a world dominated by technological hardware is a world in which individual human self - identity is missing.

At a time when many writers of fiction appear content to spin out tales concocted by marketing firms, or else lose themselves in worlds of arch and arcane wordplay, Murdoch is extravagant, enthusiastic and earnest.

Interesting discussion — Totally agree about the «punching above their weight» problem with the current spate of «popular» atheists and junk writers, as well as the «Hollywood» treatment of Pullman, but you don't need to wade through Pullman's trilogy to get a useful insight into institutionalism vs genuine spirituality — just pick up the excellent «The Dragon in the Sea» by Dune author Frank Herbert or «The Moon is a Harsh Mistress» by Robert Heinlien — great works from the Golden Age of Science Fiction literature.

Randy Boyagoda seems not to have noticed that the writers he's tired of seeing cited by his fellow Christians did not place their faith, as he does, in anything so small as literature («Faith in Fiction,» August / September).

But, whereas in ancient times the apocalyptic writers expected God to usher in the new world, the first science fiction authors described a future created by human invention.

Writer Moves from Memoir to Fiction for «Pretty» October 19, 2011 by Kathy Blackwell http://www.statesman.com/news/entertainment/books-literature/writer-moves-from-memoir-to-fiction-for-pretty/nRgTH/

INK by James Graham, writer of hugely popular production This House, will launch at the Almeida this June as part of the theatre's new season exploring the «reality behind fiction».

The Guardian reports: «A former minister and fiction writer, Alvarado Quesada, 38, had 61 % of the vote with results in from 95 % of polling stations, a far bigger lead than predicted by opinion polls that foresaw a tight race.»

First proposed in 1962 by physicist and science fiction writer Robert L. Forward, and subsequently developed and tested by the Benfords, these spacecraft are defined by their giant sails.

But 2001 got this right — not surprisingly, since it was penned by the great science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke.

Full marks to Gollancz for publishing this collection of stories by one of Britain's consistently finest science fiction writers — but it, and other book publishers, would be doing themselves, writers and readers a favour by providing more outlets for short fiction.

In 1946, for instance, science - fiction writer Alexander Kazantsev explained the puzzling scene by positing a scenario in which an alien spacecraft had exploded in the atmosphere.

Cory Doctorow, a writer and intellectual property activist, has released the text of his first science - fiction novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, under a new license that goes by the somewhat awkward name «Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike.»

Ultimately, no matter what humans manage to achieve, science fiction writers will be, by definition, always a step ahead.

▪ The Squad by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, a graduate student of Santos's who «doubles as a teen - girl - fiction writer.»

Aside from the sorts of paradoxes beloved by science fiction writers — a time traveler who accidentally kills his own grandparents, say — time travel has more subtle, theoretical problems.

About Site - American Short Fiction selects and publishes short stories, short shorts, novellas, and novel excerpts by established and super new writers.

Oxford, MS About Blog Square Books is known for its strong selection of literary fiction, books on the American South and by Southern writers, a large inventory of reduced - price remainders, and its emphasis on books for children.

Austin, Texas About Blog American Short Fiction selects and publishes short stories, short shorts, novellas, and novel excerpts by established and super new writers.

The special effects are laughable, but the script, co-written by acclaimed science fiction writer Moorcock, is meatier than one might expect...

Science Fiction has to be well written and internally consistent if it's to engage and hold an audience but V just comes across as (yet another) TV series written by non-sci fi writers who don't have a grasp of the genre.

Synopsis: Based on a story by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, «Minority Report» is an action - detective thriller set in Washington D.C. in 2054,... [MORE]

Adapted from a book by Alexander Belyaiev, one of Russias greatest Science Fiction writers.

Very exciting, it's been 8 years since Primer (a science - fiction favourite in these parts), and while the writer / director's screenplay for «A Topiary» never got made into a film, he whipped out this surprise to many earlier this week by way of the festival announcement and a very shiny bit of key art which confirms that Carruth will star in the film along with Amy Seimetz (A Horrible Way To Die).

By Bob Bloom As the writer of such science fiction features as «Never Let Me Go,» «Ex-Machina» and, now, «Annihilation,» Alex Garland — like many -LSB-...]

Co-written by Moverman and acclaimed crime fiction writer James Ellroy, the film stars Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Ice Cube, Brie Larson, and Ned Beatty.

In addition to running original fiction by major authors (Stephen King was a regular), the magazine contained features about older writers such as Lovecraft and Machen along with book reviews by Thomas Disch, film reviews by Gahan Wilson, interviews and more.»

In Victor Levin's appealing romance 5 To 7, Anton Yelchin plays Brian Bloom, a young fiction writer who's determined to reach the literary mountaintop by climbing a pile of rejection letters.

And Author: The JT Leroy Story is stranger - than - fiction documentary from Jeff Feuerzeig, which follows the story behind literary persona JT LeRoy, a fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert, complete with a made - up back - story of prostitution, drugs and vagrancy.

By the time he becomes a fiction writer late in the picture, it's implied that his jealous scenarios with Ramona and earlier girlfriends function as a kind of substitute for writing — or perhaps vice versa.

Based on the best - selling French comic series «Valérian and Laureline» by Pierre Christin and Jean - Claude Mézières, published by Dargaud — visionary writer / director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Lucy) advances this iconic source material into a contemporary, unique and epic science fiction saga produced by Virginie Besson - Silla.

TIME AFTER TIME Picked up to series STUDIO: Outerbanks Entertainment / Warner Bros TV TEAM: Kevin Williamson (w, ep), Marcos Siega (d, ep) LOGLINE: Based on the novel by Karl Alexander and movie, it delivers a fantastical cat - and - mouse adventure through time when famed science fiction writer H.G. Wells is transported to modern - day Manhattan in pursuit of Jack the Ripper.

The program supports 10 to 12 writers or writer / directors developing a fiction feature screenplay and includes a hands - on writing workshop, a screening of a recent Sundance film followed by an in - depth conversation with the filmmaker, and two one - on - one script feedback sessions with creative advisors.

Who: Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Sonoya Mizuno What: A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female A.I.. When: April 10th Why: Writer Alex Garland has worked almost exclusively in the science fiction genre, so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut occupies a similar space.

Inspired by Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, and EC Comics» Tales from the Crypt and The Vault of Horror, Stephen King carved a path for himself as the world's foremost writer of horror fiction throughout the»70s and»80s.