«Hunger, poverty, poor health, fear, violence and lack of freedoms are not
just elements of fiction, but daily realities in our world.
Not exact matches
I couldn't help but think that the way Lifeforce was combining science
fiction with the supernatural with apocalyptic
elements that it was
just a ripoff
of John Carpenter's Prince
of Darkness.
Elements that could be cool in a better science
fiction movie
just seem out
of place here.
Endings are a very complex area
of fiction writing and this lecture is designed to
just touch on certain
elements of endings, to help writers become aware
of the skills and art needed to create endings that will leave readers satisfied.
In
Just One Catch, the definitive Heller biography, Tracy Daugherty reconstructs the author's life, and as our reviewer wrote, it «illuminate [s] the post-World War II culture
of American
fiction — from the emergence
of Jewish sensibilities as a key narrative
element to the influence
of mass advertising and television to the corporatization
of book publishing.»
Indeed, readers who approach Something Red as historical
fiction that
just happens to contain an
element of the fantastical are likely to be those most satisfied with it.
However, I think it deserves its own separate niche since it blends
elements of not
just these two previously distinct genres
of fantasy and romance but also often science
fiction and even horror.
A good story is still a good story, and a compelling nonfiction travel tale will not
just evoke a strong sense
of place, it will contain the same human themes and narrative
elements as a good work
of short
fiction.
Much
of it is very bog standard D&D fan
fiction type stuff which really
just recycles
elements from better source materials.