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White Southerners Said “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Was Fake News
So its author published a “key” to what’s true in the novel
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How to write a fiction book cover blurb that can make your novel a best-seller
If you plan to self-publish your novel, the most important thing you will ever write is the cover blurb for your book. Here’s how to do it right (with examples from top authors of the 21st century).
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'I can't even look at the cover': the most disturbing books
From hiding from a copy of The Exorcist to being unnerved by the likes of Shirley Jackson, Stephen King and Iain Banks, here are your most alarming reading experiences
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The 25 Greatest Science Fiction Tropes, Ranked
What qualities must a book have to be considered science fiction? Genre categories can be helpful in guiding us toward works that we might like, or just are in the mood to read, but those definitions can be slippery, and many of the very best books defy conventions and upend expectations.
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Guide to the classics: The Water Margin, China's outlaw novel
In The Water Margin, first put to paper in the 14th century, local injustice is the rule, and defence against cruel local authority is a matter of vengeance, stratagem, and violence
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One of the Best Fantasy Novels Ever Is Nothing Like 'The Lord of the Rings'
In 'The Last Unicorn,' there are no maps, invented languages, or epic battles. But the 1968 tale has a timely message about the importance of reality over magic.
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Pretentious, impenetrable, hard work ... better? Why we need difficult books
This year’s Booker-winner Milkman has been criticised for being challenging. But are we confusing readability with literary value?
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Trust no one: how Le Carré's Little Drummer Girl predicted our dangerous world
Secret interrogations, elaborately staged deceptions, conspiracies and murder ... John le Carré’s murky spy thriller could not be more relevant. David Cornwell, or John le Carré, as we usually call him, must have been wincing as he viewed the CCTV stills of those two Russian visitors to Salisbury. He was surely shaking his head in dismay as he watched their later avowals of their touristic interest in Salisbury Cathedral on Russian TV.
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Jane, Unlimited - Kristin Cashore
Five offbeat, inventive stories in one wild mansion. Read Common Sense Media's Jane, Unlimited review, age rating, and parents guide. Teen fiction, includes, mystery, fantasy, science fiction and some.
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Will Not Let Me Go
Dallas, Texas. 1996. Fred Strickland has Alzheimer’s. By Stephen Granade.
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Bears Discover Fire
"I carried an axe and Wallace Jr. brought his .22, not because he wanted to kill a bear but because a boy likes to carry some kind of a gun." By Terry Bisson.
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All Rights Reserved: a YA dystopia where every word is copyrighted
In Katsoulis's world, the super-rich have legitimized their wealth and power -- and the indentured slavery of nearly everyone else -- by claiming ownership over every expressive word that can be spoken and gesture that can be made.
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Philip Roth: Novelist's Brilliance Was to Make America Uncomfortable
In his novels, Roth often thrived on bad taste – but he opened the public’s prurient mind and shaped the cultural conversation in America
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Olga Tokarczuk of Poland Wins Man Booker International Prize
The author shares the £50,000 prize for “Flights” with the novel’s translator, Jennifer Croft. The award is for works of fiction translated into English.
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The Beast's Heart by Leife Shallcross
Earl Grey Editing reviews The Beast's Heart by Leife Shallcross.
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55 Essential Space Operas from the Last 70 Years
What makes a science fiction story a space opera? By T.W. O'Brien.
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What if the Industrial Revolution Happened to Rome?
My novel Kingdom of the Wicked — Rules took me 13 years to write. It has been a long time between drinks. Rules isn’t all of it, either. Book II, Order, comes out in March, so apologies for the cliffhanger. However, rest assured I haven’t gone all George R.R. Martin on you. Everything is written, with only final editorial to complete.
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Sex in fiction: What we shouldn’t write when we write about sex
Frenzied penises, bulbous salutations, bulging trousers, howling, groans, sighs, minty-flavoured tongues, awkward positions and spasming muscles: these all things you would expect to find in some of the winning entries of the Literary Review’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award.
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"Viral Evolution: Retrovirus" by Leigh Winters
Something I wrote, and if you enjoy apocalyptic type scenarios then you may enjoy "Viral Evolution: Retrovirus"
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Why Doesn’t Ancient Fiction Talk About Feelings?
Literature’s evolution has reflected and spurred the growing complexity of society. By Julie Sedivy.
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