Sentences with phrase «interesting than fiction»

That forms the basis for this film, but as is often the case, real life proves much more interesting than fiction.

Sometimes true life is more interesting than fiction.

Reality is far more interesting than fiction!

It turns out that reality is more interesting than fiction.

Not exact matches

Funny how we instinctually suspect the motives of aliens more powerful than us in fiction, but when faced with a god who fits this bill we are supposed to just trust that he has our best interests in mind.

Jeff Shaara's historical fiction trilogy of the WWII European theatre was interesting, The Rising Tide, The Steel Wave, and No Less Than Victory.

If your child is not interested in facts and non-fiction, there are plenty of fiction books based in particular historic settings which (in my experience) give a better understanding of history than many text - books.

Escapist fiction might be the answer but for those with more than a passing interest in politics, the Christmas break provides an opportunity for both serious and light - hearted reading.

It is an interesting balance but, as a famous author once said, truth is stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more marked than in the «Westminster Village».

a visually striking, but emotionally flat mash - up of romantic drama, film noir, and science fiction that sounds much more interesting than it turns out to be

That situation, along with the love interest (which is likely far more fiction than fact) forms the backbone of the story.

It's also more classically well composed than 99 % of conventional narrative fiction — in fact, a common (and correct) observation is that the story couldn't have been any more interesting or dynamic had it been fabricated from nothing.

Truth may be stranger than fiction (especially when you throw a vengeful, super-sentient whale into the equation), but it can also be a lot less interesting, especially when you throw Ron Howard into the equation.

Cuaron's Children of Men is a harrowing, if not altogether successful vehicle that provides a provocative scenario that definitely does keep the interest level high, while also raising a few more questions than your typical dystopian science fiction premise.

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.

Where it can be more effective than a Facebook or Google campaign, though, is that Goodreads lets you target specific groups of readers, like those who are interested in both YA and science fiction.

CN Times Books is the New York City - based U.S. subsidiary of Beijing MediaTime Book Co. LTD, a leading Chinese trade publisher that publishes more than 600 fiction and nonfiction titles per year, including books for children and titles of scholarly and academic interest.

Even after you've written them down, no matter how realistic they are, they will remain more like journal entries than full - fledged flash fictions and, therefore, of limited interest to readers.

A user might be interested in both science fiction and biographies, but if the last few books she has read are science fiction, the recommendation system will assign a higher value to that topic, leading the user to receive more sci - fi recommendations than biography.

Are you more interested in a romance novel that's Based Upon a True Story — is truth stranger (or rather, steamier) than fiction?

This system rewards short fiction and punishes longer works, as authors and readers are more interested in the hearts than they are in reading other people's writing.

In fact, I was so interested in this phenomenon that I did an MA dissertation about why people write without certain markets once, and doing my research I worked out that there are roughly around 99 % more people writing fiction than would get accepted by commercial houses, i.e. 1 % would get taken on, if that.

While many fiction authors believe they have a much harder time than nonfiction authors blogging or sharing information of interest to potential book fans, this isn't necessarily so.

This is the model that other ebook subscription sites should follow for readers interested in more than just fast - food fiction.

During my academic career I remained interested in fiction, but did little more than collect ideas and make notes.

For example, the objective of Viking, an imprint of The Penguin Group, is «To publish a strictly limited list of good nonfiction, such as biography, history and works on contemporary affairs, and distinguished fiction with some claim to permanent importance rather than ephemeral popular interest.»

Of all of the multiplayer modes in Crysis 3, Hunter is the most interesting because it builds on the premise of the game's fiction and asks more of you than a fast trigger finger.

The truth is less exciting than fiction, so fakers have an incentive to post wild, unbelievable things to stir up interest and make the future sound exciting.

HERSHMAN LEESON: Yeah, the writing did, but science always interested me, and science, real science, was more science fiction than science fiction.

A interesting post on the blog last week dealt with the evolving world of «fan fiction,» which is defined as «fan labor regarding stories about characters or settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creator.»

I have more than a passing interest in international politics, crime fiction, cooking, wine and my beloved hockey pool.