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It was nearly one year ago - in November 2009 - that Deepak Chopra first told me about his upcoming historical fiction novel about the Prophet Muhammad.
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In adapting HG Wells's science fiction novel about a renegade scientist who creates an island of monsters, Hutchinson would be working with one of his great acting idols, as well as the acclaimed director John Frankenheimer.
Look no further... The Best Halloween Ever is a realistic fiction novel about a group of students that attend Woodrow Wilson School and
«Resolutions» is a gripping romantic fiction novel about drug cartels, Special Forces and the rekindling of a relationship between two former lovers.
When I decided to take my writing seriously for the first time in my life, the book I wrote was a women's fiction novel about a woman with a secret.
Not exact matches
Business Insider previously reported that Amazon's CEO learns more from fiction than non-fiction, and this novel about a butler in post-war England is one of his favorites.
Harrison's first novel, «Wolf: A Fake Memoir,» came out in 1971 and he followed two years later with a work of fiction about the ecology, «A Good Day to Die.»
Although generally categorized as a novel for young readers, this Newbery award - winner and science fiction classic, grapple with adult - sized questions about the nature of God and the existence of evil.
By now, everyone who reads contemporary fiction will have heard of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel's acclaimed historical novels about Thomas Cromwell, the powerful advisor to Henry VIII who all but single - handedly disestablished the Catholic Church in England.
His new novel, Solar, is about climate change, and he's bored by fiction that is only about emotions.
Despite being the most influential science writer in the world, Asimov is best known for his fiction, particularly his «Foundation» novels, written during the 1950s, and his novels about «positronic robots».
Author of the cyberpunk novel Neuromancer, William Gibson talks about the relationship between his fiction and the contemporary urban landscape
I think James Gunn, the author of the 1972 science fiction novel «The Listeners» about radio astronomy and the search for other life in the universe, said it well: «It may be that there is no one out there or if there is someone out there he will never speak to us or we to him, but our listening is an act of faith akin to living itself.
My science fiction novel The Rogue Retrieval — about a researcher who goes A.W.O.L. into a pristine medieval world he's been studying, and the mission to retrieve him — was published yesterday by HarperCollins.
This week, he's joined by author Andy Weir to explore the fascinating intersection of science and science fiction, delving into the biggest surprises about Mars and the Moon, and how Weir's novel, The Martian.
Award - winning science fiction author, physicist and futurist David Brin returns to talk about his monumental new novel, Existence.
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Endo's 1966 novel «Silence,» a stern, exquisite piece of historical fiction about Portuguese Jesuit priests persecuted for their beliefs in 17th century Japan, walks a thin line separating West from East, religious fervor from spiritual skepticism.
A revered fiction writer, Kozlow (Marton Csokas) has recently written a novel which outlines a similar murder, containing certain details about the slain businessman which were never released to the press.
Scott's adaptation of Andy Weir's novel, about an astronaut (Matt Damon) who's stranded on the red planet and must fend for himself until remote help can arrive, is science fiction that emphasizes the science, depicting in detail the practical problems facing Damon's interstellar traveler, and the ingenious systematic solutions he devises to his life - threatening dilemmas.
June's pick: From journalist - turned - fiction writer Alex Berenson, The Night Ranger (A John Wells Novel) about his hero John Wells, who in this latest installment must rescue kidnapped do - gooders in East Africa.
Being such a massive phenomenon has made The Hunger Games an easy target to tilt at but the truth is that, staying close to the Suzanne Collins novel, this film adaptation is a lean, smart science fiction thriller that there's much to like about.
When: October 2nd Why: Andy Weir's 2011 science fiction novel, «The Martian,» was one of the most talked about books of that year, so it's not surprising that producer Simon Kinberg was so quick to nab the rights to adapt it for the big screen.
Director Steven Spielberg still has several projects on his dance card, including «Ready Player One,» a big - screen adaptation of a best - selling science - fiction novel, and a drama about the Pentagon Papers with Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep.
This is the kind of thing you'd expect on a women's cable network movie - of - the - week, and screenwriter Allison Burnett (working from, what I've heard, a more meta - fictional novel by Charles Baxter; this kind of circumstantial plotting might actually work as meta - fiction) takes a kind of dopey sincerity about the whole thing.
«Pride and Prejudice and Zombies» (Feb. 5): Director Burr Steers («Pulp Fiction») retells Jane Austen and Seth Grahame - Smith's novel with the same name about relationships forming between lovers of different social statuses.
Though it's visually arresting, this film is not quite as deep as the source novel, a speculative piece of historical fiction about Johannes Vermeer's famous painting, but Johansson shines as the girl who inspires the great painter played by Colin Firth.
Blatty then returned to the world of fiction with a novel that was inspired in part by a story that he heard about while studying at Georgetown about an alleged case of demonic possession and a subsequent exorcism that was said to have occurred in 1949 in Maryland.
One doesn't need to dig deep into his body of work to see that the late novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace had sincere ambivalence about mass media — his much - heralded 1,079 - page novel, Infinite Jest, features a science fiction conceit where a lethal videotape known as «The Entertainment» is so addictive, its viewers lose interest in anything other than endless repeat viewings of the film.
He's producing the Spike Lee thriller Black Klansman; a TV drama about Nazi - hunters in America in the 1970s called The Hunt; an adaptation of a novel for HBO that interweaves the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft with racism in the U.S. during the era of Jim Crow called Lovecraft Country; and a Tracy Morgan comedy show for TBS called The Last O.G., about an ex-con who returns to a now gentrified Brooklyn.
I'm most curious about Nate Parker's Nat Turner biopic, The Birth of a Nation; Clea DuVall's The Intervention; documentarian Asif Kapadia's fiction film, Ali & Nino, set in Azerbaijan at the outbreak of World War I; John Carney's Dublin teen musical, Sing Street; Aaron Brookner's Uncle Howard, a tribute to his uncle, the filmmaker Howard Brookner; Robert Cannan and Ross Adam's The Lovers and the Despot, an investigation of the kidnapping of a South Korean director and his actress ex-wife by movie - mad Kim Jong - il, the crazy but true story that is hilariously retold in David Cronenberg's debut novel, Consumption; and Elite Zexer's Sand Storm, an Israeli - financed film, in Arabic, about two Bedouin women.
I know that time for fiction will be limited, so we'll have to be even more strategic about incorporating a poem, short story, or novel here and there.
«It does ensure pupils will learn about a wide range of literature, including at least one Shakespeare play, a 19th century novel written anywhere and post-1914 fiction or drama written in the British Isles.
When it comes to fiction versus nonfiction, the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts isn't «an either or thing,» says Marfè Ferguson Delano, a nonfiction children's book writer whose books often connect her young readers to novels on the subjects she writes about.
Whipple writes expansive essays about all kinds of world fiction, and her list of fave novels can't be beat.
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With fiction, it's still about the reader: their feelings, their reactions, their experience as they journey with the heroes of your novel.
She is taking pitches for the following fiction genres: romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery / thriller / suspense, horror, young adult, middle grade, literary fiction, new adult, graphic novels, women's fiction, upmarket fiction, and novels / books by and about people from marginalized perspectives (such as LGBT people and / or racial minorities).
James Scott Bell wrote a great post on What's the Deal on Dreams in Fiction where he talks about starting a novel with a character in thought, no action or disturbance.
Whether you're closing in on a final draft or about to launch your novel, you will need clarity about what makes your novel stand out from other fiction on the market.
The Son by Philipp Meyer Ecco • $ 27.99 • ISBN 9780062120397 On sale May 28, 2013 Philipp Meyer made his fiction debut with a bang: His very first novel, American Rust, was one of the most talked - about literary releases of 2009, earning him a place on The New Yorker «s Best 20 Writers Under 40 list.
Her second novel, March, a riff on Little Women, won the Pulitzer for fiction [read our interview with Brooks about March] and her two other novels were also BookPage favorites.
For instance, in choosing links for the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award book American Born Chinese by Gene Yang, I was able to select graphic novels and books about graphic novels, for readers who are interested in the format, as well as historical fiction about the lives of Chinese immigrants in North America and contemporary novels about teens living with immigrant parents.
Overall, the novel sounds like a change of pace for Quindlen, who often writes about more serious issues in her fiction.
As far as other Pulitzer news, I admit that I was even more excited about the finalists for the fiction prize, because both novels are very special to me — two of my favorite reads of 2010, in fact.
If Into the Darkest Corner had you cheering the arrival of a new talent in psychological suspense fiction, you'll be ecstatic about this news: This spring, Harper will publish Haynes» second novel, Dark Tide.