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Summer Morning, Summer Night by Ray Bradbury – Review
Summer Morning, Summer Night by Ray Bradbury
No TagAlthough the whole of Summer Morning, Summer Night is quite enjoyable, I’d like to mention two stories that I’ve found especially compelling: the delicate “All In A Summer Night” where a little boy endeavours to cheer up a spinster sadly neglected by the male sex and the splendid “Miss Bidwell,” an unforgettable story in which an old woman, turned into a sort of recluse, finally finds again his former lover after forty years. See how a great writer can put into words the truth of human feelings.
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Soulless by Gail Carriger – Review
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Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate) by Gail Carriger Victorian high-society full of vampires, werewolves, dirigibles, and tea-drinking. A description much like the one above intrigued me – just a bit tongue-in-cheek, but also self-aware enough to earn a smile. Soulless by Gail Carriger (Book Depository, Powell’s Books, Indiebound) does indeed meet that description…and more (there is
Write Your Novel in Just 30 Days This November – It’s National Novel Writing Month
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Each November, more than 100,000 brave souls take part in National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo). The aim is simple: write a complete novel in one month, beginning on November 1st and finishing on or before November 30th. Is it actually possible to write a novel in 30 days? Yes it is. Will it hurt? Not necessarily. This article aims to inspire you, and provides some useful advice from a professional writer for those taking part in this years event, or thinking of doing so. Go on – write your novel this November!
Changes by Jim Butcher – Review
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Changes (Dresden Files, Book 12) by Jim Butcher To Chicago’s only listed wizard Harry Dresden his affair with Susan Rodriguez feels like yesterday and eons ago. They were madly in love until she was assaulted by one of his adversaries Bianca coming after his Achilles’ Heel. Susan fled Harry and the States for South America
Veracity by Laura Bynum – Review
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Veracity by Laura Bynum Veracity, the debut novel from Laura Bynum, is an ambitious undertaking. Following in the footsteps of dystopian works such as George Orwell’s 1984, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower, and written in the style of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaiden’s Tale, Veracity is a solid, sure-footed entry in
Horror Books: Get Frightened by Reading Them
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Man has a desire to get frightened. This is evident from the ghost stories told and retold over centuries. This desire to get frightened had given birth to thousands of horror stories over ages. Almost all the languages around the globe have a particular section of literature called horror literature which has gained prominence in
Empties by George Zebrowski – Review
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Empties by George Zebrowski Empties blends some initial detective work with intellectual horror. The events of this novel are terrible, yes, but the true horror is in the mind of Benek. Even the terrible things done to Benek, nasty as they are, are not nearly as horrible as in the inner turmoil Benek faces and
Masks by Ray Bradbury – Review
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Masks by Ray Bradbury Fascinated by carved masks (of which he had assembled a remarkable collection) and intrigued by the concept of masks as a symbol of the way people conceal their true nature and their deepest feelings when facing, day in day out, the cruelty of the world they are living in, Bradbury conceived
My Favourite Horror Novels
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
It’s Halloween. It’s time for a horror related book list! Dead Sea by Brian Keene From The Rising, to City of the Dead and then on to Dead Sea – Brian Keene is master of the zombies. Though the other two mentioned are great as well, Dead Sea just had more for me. Zombie dolphins.Â