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Very short recommendations thread
A thread for short and sweet recomendations
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 94 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:00 26.12.06
Books, Criticism & Writing Questions
A random Q&A thread on books & lit.
:: STARTED BY Ariadne
:: 66 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:09 20.12.06
How do I get a job in publishing?
Lionheart asks:
How do I get a job in publishing?
:: STARTED BY Lionheart
:: 22 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:17 18.12.06
A Thread of Its Own
Primarily a discussion of Virginia Woolf's pathbreaking feminist argument, A Room Of One's Own (1929); contributions drawing on Woolf's other writings and/or responses to the work by later writers, positive and negative, are also welcome.
:: STARTED BY alas
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:32 13.12.06
Print Fetish
check it out
:: STARTED BY True Art
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:55 12.12.06
Fantastic Histories: Pros and Cons
How do fictional worlds that draw on historical eras compare with 'proper' historical fiction?
:: STARTED BY Ex
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:18 08.12.06
When genres collide!
too many genres, how many genres is too many, genre novels, stylistics - style of writing when too many genres are used.
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:15 04.12.06
Free copy of my book!
Icelandic review of Icelander
:: STARTED BY Dusto
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:27 04.12.06
I wish I had written that!
Your favorite books that you wish you had actually written
:: STARTED BY --
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:59 04.12.06
Unintentionally funny lines found in books
Any unintentionally funny lines found in books. Share them.
:: STARTED BY Joggy Yoghurt
:: 31 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:04 04.12.06
Does anybody read Lovecraft anymore?
Do you read Lovecraft even though he's a sexist, classist and racist? And he's a little boring?
:: STARTED BY matthew.
:: 70 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:02 29.11.06
Old Books Smell Good
A thread for gloating over second-hand bargains and fetishizing the smell/feel/design of old (used) books. What we love about books as objects, not just as vehicles for content.
:: STARTED BY Cat Chant
:: 47 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:20 28.11.06
Book Statistics
Book stats are intriguing, Amazon offers free Concordance and such now, talk about it here.
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:14 28.11.06
Orson Scott Card
Will you admit to loving him?
:: STARTED BY Foust is SO authentic
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:02 27.11.06
City of Saints & Madmen
A discussion of the book by Jeff VanderMeer
:: STARTED BY Dusto
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:30 25.11.06
Recommended Read: The Traveller
by John Twelve Hawkes. 1984 + The Davinci Code / The Invisibles in the style of a Wilbur Smith Romper
:: STARTED BY solid~liquid onwards
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:45 24.11.06
Richard K. Morgan
Altered Carbon seems good. Recommend me some other good, recent sci-fi or fantasy.
:: STARTED BY Dusto
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:15 17.11.06
I'm trying to read Anna Karenina.
Maybe it's the translation or maybe it's Tolstoy, but I get the overwhelming feeling that this 800-page novel could have just as easily been written in 200 pages.
:: STARTED BY Brittanie
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:37 16.11.06
The London canvas
Help Mick scrabble around for psychogeographical oddities...
:: STARTED BY GogMickGog
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:39 16.11.06
Translations
Translating books and reading in translation. How can you get it right, and which translations have you enjoyed?
:: STARTED BY Jack Vincennes
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:27 14.11.06
Cornelius
Did anyone else investigate Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius novels as a result of reading the Invisibles?
:: STARTED BY Mercuryzap
:: 52 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:38 02.11.06
Jackie Kay
Jackie Kays poetry messes with my mind, help required.
:: STARTED BY Rosslyntemplar
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:50 02.11.06
Is Anyone Here A Literary Agent (Or Do You Know One Personally)
It's so simple I sound like a kook, but I want to publish a book. And sending on spec isn't good for your text, so perhaps one of you guys can look.
:: STARTED BY miss wonderstarr
:: 55 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:12 01.11.06
Men's and Women's Magazines
Is there really a balance towards more "serious" writing and pressure-free approaches in men's mags, or are these authors out to lunch?
:: STARTED BY MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:44 01.11.06
Military Science-Fiction and the politics thereof
Is my liking for military sci-fi justifiable, or have I been seduced by the dark side and its glorification of violence and the military?
:: STARTED BY Axolotl
:: 40 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:28 31.10.06
Dhalgren- Samuel R Delany
The Ulysses of science fiction? Or something more than that? Discuss Samuel R Delany's Dhalgren here.
:: STARTED BY STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
:: 41 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:45 31.10.06
The Greatest Book In The World
What is the best book you ever read? Why was it so good? Criticism & discussion but no spoilers please.
:: STARTED BY StarWhisper
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:29 31.10.06
Sounding like a writer from X (MFA Program question)
Question about MFA styles.
:: STARTED BY Crestmere
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:53 31.10.06
Robert Anton Wilson needs our help
Sad news from Douglas Rushkoff
:: STARTED BY Bradley Sands
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:30 30.10.06
The Baader-Meinhof Affair
The Baader-Meinhof Affair. Erin Cosgrove. Romance Novels. Judith Krantz. Commodity Fetishism. Baudrillard. Luxury. Manifesto. Terrorism. Bret Easton Ellis. Weather Underground. Conceptual Art. Donna Tartt.
:: STARTED BY Ethan Hawke
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:33 16.10.06
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