Sentences with phrase «good fictional book»

A good fictional book depicting a story about what it might be like if Jesus were born today is «Eli» by Bill Myers.

The bible is most obviously a good fictional book.

Not exact matches

If you read the book on which the film is based, you can see that the facts damn Irish clericalism well enough without the added polemics displayed in a made - up speech by a basically fictional bitterly anti-erotic nun.

This is a distorted translation... lots of good information comes from ancient books... it's just that the bible is fictional and any useful information can be found anywhere else since the bible plagiarized any real useful information that's in it... like do unto others as you wish them to do to you... is just ancient common sense and has nothing to do with what any fantasy gods might have said... the bible is a waste of time for the stupids.

That Murdoch can not find a way to accept this God who sees and seeks (who redeems), but instead embraces an impersonal and probably fictional Good, makes it ironic - perhaps contradictory would not be too strong a word - that she would conclude her book with these words from Psalm 139 (in the Authorized Version, of course):

I would like the story better if she gave the credit of her success to her own intelligence and hard work rather than a fictional character in an ancient book.

In her best - selling 2014 novel California, Edan Lepucki briefly describes the fictional Plank College, a free two - year liberal arts program that centers around a Great Books curriculum while teaching its all - male students how to farm.

(ENTIRE BOOK) The fictional character of Ted Brown represents a young man who comes from a religious background, who is seriously trying to work out an intelligent philosophy of life, is sensitive to spiritual values, and who seeks a vocation where he can make the most of his best for the sake of others.

Comic books do this all the time (although to be fair, comic books have much better writers than the Bible did), and all you have to do is blame it on a time warp or another fictional character like Doctor Doom or Satan.

I never read the Harry Potter books and I enjoyed the movies well enough... So, yes, I was one of those people who thought he might not be the target audience a deep dive into what was going on in this fictional universe across an ocean, fifty some years before Harry Potter was even born.

The timing is perfect — in the age of Dan Savage's It Gets Better (2011) and recent Supreme Court rulings on marraige equality, a book meant for young adults features a real - life gay teen couple kissing on the cover, standing in for the book's two fictional boys, ex-boyfriends hoping to share the world's longest kiss.

RMFW members in good standing who have independently published one or more novel - length book (s) of fiction, or equivalent in fictional short stories, and who have income of at least $ 250 for both print and digital versions of the book (s).

With a single tap, readers can see all the passages across a book that mention ideas, fictional characters, historical figures, places, or topics that interest them, as well as more detailed descriptions from Wikipedia and Shelfari, Amazon's community - powered encyclopedia for book lovers.

While some of the pieces about time travel and the ChronoGuard almost had my eyes glazing over, things I loved in this excellent novel were the book refitter's own language, the fictional Thursdays, the Stupidity Surplus, Schrödinger's Night Fever Principle, the good ship Moral Dilemma on the Hypothetical Ocean, Aornis Hades timeloop prison, books whose genres change, piano exchange, the serial killer pun and the cheese smuggling.

As writing coach, therapist and author Rachel Ballon notes in her book, Breathing Life into Your Characters,: «good writers must also prepare themselves in advance for developing their fictional characters by going inside themselves.

Murders real and fictional, as well as Elizabeth Strout's latest poignant masterpiece, are our picks for book clubs this month.

His body of work for children includes the bilingual fictional picture books Alfredito Flies Home / Alfredito regresa volando a su casa; The Fiesta of the Tortillas / La fiesta de las tortillas; The Hen in the City / La gallinita en la ciudad; Moony Luna / Luna, lunita lunera; Trees Are Hanging from the Sky; Xochitl and the Flowers / Xóchitl, la niña de las flores; and Zipitio, as well as additional works of poetry, including Talking with Mother Earth, and his series of «cooking poem» books: Bean Soup / Sopa de frijoles: A Cooking Poem / Un poema para cocinar; Guacamole: A Cooking Poem / Un poema para cocinar; Rice Pudding / Arroz con leche: A Cooking Poem / Un poema para cocinar; and Tamalitos: A Cooking Poem / Un poema para cocinar.

It happens to everyone — even the best of us — especially if it's a relatively long fictional book you're attempting to write.

I forgot to ask — should graphic designers read the authors» fictional books in order to design a better cover?

Many kinds of nonfiction books, for example, tend to sell better in print; many fictional works sell much better as e-books.

Not all fictional works, but especially novels where there is an audience that can discover it (zombies, romance, mystery — sure, some genres have more competition among books, but this is compensated for by having more readers), and where the book is pretty good.

Well, it's a fictional book.

The Touch features a number of new Kindle advancements, such as X-Ray, which allows you to «see all the passages across a book that mention ideas, fictional characters, historical figures, places or topics of interest, as well as more detailed descriptions from Wikipedia and Shelfari.»

Glossy magazines aren't the only venues that create a fictional matrix to lure audiences: Critical essays and book - length exposés tend to sell themselves on overstatement, as well as the exaggerated sense that the reader is getting privileged information.

[17][18][19] Book of Memories utilizes an overhead isometric view, follows a new storyline and features returning creatures from the series» fictional universe, as well as cooperative gameplay; [20] the game is the first installment in the series to feature multiplayer gameplay.

With a series of drawings entitled The Alice Chronicles, Ridgway references the title character in Lewis Carroll's beloved book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, as a means to explore the idea of personal journey, not only for the fictional character, but for the artist and viewer as well.

Even better, turn off the television and read a book — escape to another world, fall in love with some fictional characters, be whisked away.

A pile of books reveals that the top tired and well thumbed copy is actually a fictional book by a fictional writer; 5 well worn, aged box files are stacked horizontally on top of one another with such hand - written titles as Time Lines, Tide Lines and provenance; a home made page - per - day calendar, assembled in an ad - hoc manner from a metal lever arch and laser printed A4 paper with notes and images taken from the artist's notebooks including sketches, ideas and general to do lists.

Decided to listen to Cartel, the fictional book reviewed in the New Yorker about Mexican drug cartels, pretty interesting so far, but also like an old Western and maybe too macho, oh well, it's 23 hours so that'll get me through a couple days.