Sentences with phrase «fiction stories do»

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Neither is geologist Liz Hajek, but she makes an exception for this book: «I don't generally gravitate toward fiction, but this collection of short stories, set in a variety of compelling places and time periods, is so creative and rich, it's been really fun to read.»

It sounds like you want to believe in the 2,000 year - old Bible fiction story of Jesus, but like so many before you, you think there is some different and more enlightened way to do it?

Because I'm not a woman, I couldn't do justice to the stories on my own, so I asked the top female Christian fiction writer of our time — Mary DeMuth — to coauthor it with me.

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Since much of the bible is clearly fiction, likely the stories of what Jesus allegedly did are fictional or at least embellished.

Islam meaning is «Submission to One God» and that was Abrahams Religion on which all the Prophets before him and after him had followed until «Issa the Son of Mary» then as our Friend»» «gozar»» «mentioned that (God did not need a scapegoat story stolen from earlier fictions)... doesn't that look like a fine line of poetry that summarized the whole situation of the crime that took place against a prophet and messenger of God became a dead sin taker...??

You're getting close, Monica, but the right answer is that your bible stories are mostly fiction with a few historical anchors tossed it so most people don't toss up on it immediately.

no, I didn't say that's all there was — but much of what is left is not verifiable — some of it may very very well be true and some may be fiction; some may be a best attempt to retain truth where erroneous transmission kept the true story from being relayed forward; but how can it be verified at this point?

In our own day, inspired by centuries of moral fiction and visual mythos, novelists and rock composers have made her Jesus» faithful Greek or Eurasian prostitute, anguished because he won't love her and she doesn't know how to love him; earthy, beautiful, the saintly hooker who spices the story of the Galilean on his way to Superstardom.

You sometimes make me think it would be great for you to write fictions on Bible stories like Gene Edwards did, and sometimes puzzle me with the depth of your thoughts.

Everyone has personal favorites, and I would like to close with a few of the books I have enjoyed with my children: Noel Streatfield's books about families with dancing children, including Ballet Shoes and Dancing Shoes; Cotton in My Sack and Indian Captive, books of historical fiction by Lois Lenski; the hilarious picture book Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman; the gentle moral tale of Rose, «who didn't work any harder than she had to»; Seven Loaves of Bread, by Ferida Wolf; and the accurate depictions of family life in both Joanna Harrison's When Mom Turned into a Monster and Jean van Leeuwen's delightful Oliver and Amanda Pig stories.

Yet Collins» stories aren't paedaphobic pulp fiction, and Gary Ross» film adaptation doesn't focus on the brutality of the idea.

My belief in Jesus has nothing to do with the stories of the greatest fiction book ever written (again and again and again... conveniently omitting any stories written by the women of the time, I must add!!

But if we forget, as Henry does, that such «plots» are just that — story lines we impose on our random present — our play, our «fiction,» proves inhibiting if not destructive.

Atheists see these stories as pure fiction, we do not have to reject the gods, we simply do not believe the stories that created them, anymore than we believe in Santa, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, etc, etc..

While the authors seem to have an amazing grasp of the PGA Tour scene, I do, however, have one question after reading their story: How does one separate fact from fiction?

«I don't think the stories of science fiction we read in childhood are ever going to happen,» says John Mather, a Nobel laureate who is now the senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, the $ 6.5 billion successor to the Hubble telescope that NASA plans to launch in 2018.

I've articulated it as a science fiction story, and I don't think anyone else has written that particular story yet, so for me it's new and interesting because it is plausible — and if we enacted it successfully, we could solve some terrible problems we're facing.

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.

Though the story is rooted in science fiction, it does tackle a very real challenge: How do you communicate with someone — or how do you learn that individual's language — when you have no intermediary language in common?

That to me was an obvious science fiction scenario to explore; very possible, very huge in its ramifications, and a story that did not span centuries, which was something I wanted to avoid in that story.

These stories don't have to be real, they can be fiction that you'd like turned into reality.

And whether fiction or not, this story does provide a valid look at the Soviet Gulags and a reminder of this often overlooked tragic chapter of history.

Star does everything he can to liven up this stranger - than - fiction story about a pilot who becomes a C.I.A. - backed drug smuggler

While the story follows the basics of detective fiction with classical fidelity, it does so in a way that establishes Marsan as a director of distinctive gifts.

As he delves deeper into the event, he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn't stop him from getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.

What science fiction films do best is warp our deepest concerns and immediate dangers, so that we can watch them bloom into larger than life stories on the big screen.

James Cameron made this documentary after doing research for his fictions version of the tragic story of the shipwrecked em > Titanic..

Amores Perros will draw inevitable comparisons to Pulp Fiction, and while, yes, both do play with their timelines and intertwining stories, Amores Perros feels like a more mature experience.

Which is not to say a true story can't or shouldn't be embellished, but the layering - on of these moments and coincidences, and the telescoping of them all into such a brief period just feels too constructed, and so ironically does precisely the opposite to what it's designed to — it slightly softens the true force of the tragedy by reminding us that there is fiction at work here too.

The morning after the movie's TIFF premiere, RT sat down with Stan to talk about his Five Favorite Films and love of complex characters, along with the challenges involved in playing Harding's infamous ex-husband and doing this stranger - than - fiction true story justice.

I caught some of the titles: Nugu - ui ttal - do anin Haewon (Nobody's Daughter Haewon) is a delightful film from the South Korean auteur Hong Sang - soo, the story of a female student's «sentimental education» as it were, as she traverses through reality, fantasy, and dreams, we viewers never quite sure what we are watching; Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (TIFF's Opening Night film) is an engaging and drily humorous alternative vampire film, Tilda Swinton melding perfectly into the languid yet tense atmosphere of the whole piece; Night Moves is from a director (Kelly Reichardt) I've heard good things about but not seen, so I was curious to see it, but whilst the film is engaging with its ethical probing, I found the style quite laborious and lifeless; The Kampala Story (Kasper Bisgaard & Donald Mugisha) is a good little film (60 minutes long) about a teenage girl in Uganda trying to help her family out, directed in a simple, direct manner, utilising documentary elements within its ficstory of a female student's «sentimental education» as it were, as she traverses through reality, fantasy, and dreams, we viewers never quite sure what we are watching; Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (TIFF's Opening Night film) is an engaging and drily humorous alternative vampire film, Tilda Swinton melding perfectly into the languid yet tense atmosphere of the whole piece; Night Moves is from a director (Kelly Reichardt) I've heard good things about but not seen, so I was curious to see it, but whilst the film is engaging with its ethical probing, I found the style quite laborious and lifeless; The Kampala Story (Kasper Bisgaard & Donald Mugisha) is a good little film (60 minutes long) about a teenage girl in Uganda trying to help her family out, directed in a simple, direct manner, utilising documentary elements within its ficStory (Kasper Bisgaard & Donald Mugisha) is a good little film (60 minutes long) about a teenage girl in Uganda trying to help her family out, directed in a simple, direct manner, utilising documentary elements within its fiction.

Adapting «All You Zombies», a 1959 short story by the late Robert A. Heinlein, the Spierigs do inject some creativity into time travel fiction.

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool review — Annette Bening and Jamie Bell in stranger - than - fiction love story

An Afro - futuristic fiction is something outside of cliched stories and the story - line does absolute justice to it.

by Walter Chaw A deep cut for Star Wars fanatics, Gareth Edwards's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story also happens to be the single most topical fiction of 2016, talking as it does — in bold, melodramatic strokes befitting a space opera — about the importance of rebellion in the face of fascism.

This stranger than fiction story of the extraction of 6 embassy officials during the Tehran hostage crisis in the 1980s, under semblance of a faux movie production as cover sounds like something only Hollywood could dream up This now declassified story however did in fact transpire.

A war story with a science fiction twist, Spectral does its best to deliver on that promise.

But, what I did not expect was such a solid storyline, clever twists, great acting, a wonderful science fiction story with a few surprises, plus what seemed to be an unrealistic (in most movies) ending that was actually done in a way that was totally believable, I would not have had it end any other way to be honest.

Inaba didn't elaborate on the story too much, but he did say that Jack from the company's Wii title MadWorld will be playable, though the fiction of the two games isn't related at all.

Indie distributor of the moment A24 has already picked up Equals (Grade: B --RRB-, and while it does bring to mind one of A24's most successful 2015 releases in that it's a relatively intimate science fiction story, it's probably not this year's Ex Machina.

One would swear this is fiction but doing the research like our main character, enables this jumbled mess to deliver a decent story.

The masterfully done science fiction film her features a remarkable performance from Joaquin Phoenix and a moving, intelligent story directed with restraint by Spike Jonze.

By framing «Man of Steel» as a coming - of - age story, Snyder is also able to tap the science - fiction unique to Superman that other superhero stories, like Batman, do not have.

The movie does prove once again that Blomkamp is a true craftsman with the science fiction genre, one of the few working today that puts story, messages, and creative new ideas and visuals front and center.

This book isn't particularly well - written or well - researched and another author might do a better job with the story, even as fiction.

It is the sort of epic science fiction story that it should be, even if it takes its time getting there and does not have the most charismatic lead performance on which to lean.

On the surface, the choice to go about this exfiltration (the lingo of «exfil» doing a bang up job of making it sound cool and James Bond - y) by fabricating a cheap knock - off science fiction movie that would seek to shoot their scenes in Iran in order to cut costs does manage to easily fall into the «so dumb it has to be true» camp, and of course it is true, the sort of conceit tailor - made for the infamous «based on a true story» tag that can often lead to a film sinking or swimming.

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Maybe you need an exercise to start a short story or need to do some prewriting for plot or character development for a longer fiction piece.