Sentences with phrase «certain kind of fiction»

I've never understood why this is so often the assumption of writers of a certain kind of fiction (I say a certain kind because, surely, Stephen King does -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

That jibes with what Stewart suggests, that certain kinds of books — genre stuff like fan fiction or romance — work better digitally, but print is still a more desirable way to digest the really good meaty writing.

But what's interesting, especially about that one, and that one [is a] piece written by Larry Greenemeier, was that, you know, all the popular science fiction treatments of that kind have it [suddenly] happening and conflict between humans but through Larry's reporting it seems more likely that we will see it coming; that machine self - awareness will occur in a certain kind of stepwise fashion where they're getting better at certain tasks; [that they'll be able to do] autonomous activities, and from there that you can actually see them develop, and it shouldn't come up as a big surprise as it if finally happens.

Mike Birbiglia's sensitive, funny, sad, honest film Don't Think Twice, which has more affection for and understanding of a certain kind of comedy person than perhaps any piece of fiction that's ever been written about them.

Publishing brands are only relevant to a certain kind of reader, like those who read literary fiction, those who consume only a certain «quality» or «caliber» of novel, only from trusted sources.

If you're writing literary fiction or historical fiction or some genres of romance, a certain kind of in depth and often poetic description can be very necessary, and will be missed.

It's the kind of book that sets up readers» expectations about a certain kind of «genre fiction,» and then completely upends those assumptions, resulting in something both unexpected and thoroughly satisfying.

as someone working to create a slightly different publishing model that is very protective of certain kinds of blog, poem, and fiction authors, I am amazed.

Non-literary readers have long wondered why readers (and writers) of literary fiction are drawn toward «certain kinds» of books, whether they be difficult to read — as in Ulysses by James Joyce — stylistically unique, which can also make them difficult (think Thomas Pynchon) or just plain boring as in... well, I can't name anything, because I happen to enjoy literary fiction and I DO N'T think it's boring.

If you've ever walked into certain kinds of used bookshops (especially back before e-books became prevalent), you've seen the racks and racks of mass - market romances and other genre fiction, sold for 25 cents each.

And only in one area would I guess there might be some automatic bias toward a mainstream approach for certain kinds of content — well, two, actually: literary fiction and narrative non-fiction.

Usually only a certain kind of highbrow fiction finds it's way onto Oprah's reading list.

With this monopoly or near - monopoly they can dictate terms to publishers or dictate what gets published: Amazon is great at selling certain kinds of books but not others (trade paperbacks, lit fiction that needs «discovery»; mid list from writers who lack a social media or publicity «platform»), and the more Amazon dominates the market, the less viable it becomes to publish books in those categories.

«There's a certain kind of detective fiction that was enormously popular here in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s,» Ishiguro says during...