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MIND MELD: Young Adult SF/F Books That Adults Will Like, Too

2008-05-14 00:29:42 by John in SF Signal
 
...books may be equally enjoyed by even the most discerning adult reader. So we asked some folks Q: Which young adult sf/f titles, if any, would you recommend to an adult reader who would not otherwise consider reading YA fiction because they think it's only suitable for kids For what it's worth, the recommendation at the front of my mind...
 
Tags: adult, adult readers, readers, adult versions, australian science fiction, adult stuff, stuff, science fiction, adult book
 
 
 
 
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MIND MELD: Speculative Fiction Books Worth Reading Twice

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2008-11-12 00:29:00 by John in SF Signal
...Books worth reading once are worth reading twice; and what is most important of all, the masterpieces of literature are worth reading a thousand times." I'm not sure I have the time to read anything a thousand times, but twice I can handle. But which ones? We asked this week's panel Q: Which speculative fiction books are worth reading twice?...
 
Tags: science fiction, science fiction writers, science fiction age, speculative fiction books, speculative fiction, fiction, science fiction community, regularly re-read books, re-read books
 
 
 
 
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MIND MELD: Which SF/F Books Have The Best and Worst Endings?

2008-05-01 00:28:14 by John in SF Signal
 
...books include Tithe , Valiant , Ironside , and The Spiderwick Chronicles . Endings are tough. The end is where the author must fulfill the promise of all the suspect choices and strange clues he or she created. Either those choices pay out or they don't. The reader can trust all the way to the end, but at the end, that trust must be rewarded...
 
Tags: four-volume epic saga, saga, epic, fantasy writers, writers, worst endings, fantasy, current fantasy sequence, worst
 
 
 
 
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MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2008 (Part 2)

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2008-12-11 01:28:46 by John in SF Signal
...books, movies and/or shows you consumed in 2008 We also added this note: They don't have to have been released in 2008. Feel free to choose just some of the genres (sf/f/h) or a subset of the media (books/movies/shows) as you wish Here are their replies Andy Remic Andy Remic is a hard-drinking, hard-swearing, fluffy bunny rabbit of a man,...
 
Tags: films, genre, grindhouse films, science fiction films, science fiction, science fiction film, books, pixar films, fantasy films
 
 
 
 
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MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2008 (Part 1)

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2008-12-10 12:55:00 by John in SF Signal
...books, movies and/or shows you consumed in 2008 We also added this note: They don't have to have been released in 2008. Feel free to choose just some of the genres (sf/f/h) or a subset of the media (books/movies/shows) as you wish Here are their replies Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal 's short fiction appears in Strange Horizons...
 
Tags: short, short films, short story writer, short story award, short vignette, short story, science fiction, future science fiction, short film
 
 
 
 
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MIND MELD: Which Authors and Books Have Most Influenced Your Writing?

2008-10-15 00:28:00 by John in SF Signal
 
...books have most influenced your writing Joe Haldeman Shortly after Joe Haldeman received a Bachelor of Science degree in astronomy from the University of Maryland, he was drafted into the army where he served (and received a Purple Heart medal) as a combat engineer in Vietnam. His most famous novel, The Forever War (1975), leverages those...
 
Tags: books, science fiction romance, science fiction, stories, recent fantasy, fantasy stories, recent, fiction, recent books
 
 
 
 
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Books: July 2008

2008-06-28 14:11:00 by Pacze Moj in Critical Culture
 
...books being published in July. Once in a while I make these types of to-read lists just to see what's coming out and as a later reference when looking for reading material, so thought I'd share one. I've listed all the cinema-related books I could find (just for you!), but the others are entirely subjective choices based on my own whims. If a...
 
Tags: book, book-length study, history, social history, comic book artist, french history, concise history, book description, brazilian history kick
 
 
 
 
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Top 100 Movies Based On Books

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2008-11-21 12:11:37 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...books Whenever I hear of a new movie coming out based on a popular book or comic book or a sequel, I instantly hear naysayers complaining about a lack of creativity in hollywood. Why not write something original some will say. But I say thank goodness gifted screenwriters adapt novels into movies! As you can see from my list, some of the...
 
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RETRO TOY FLASHBACK # 72: Choose Your Own Adventure/Find Your Fate/Plot-Your-Own Adventure Books of the 1980s

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2007-12-10 06:51:00 by John Kenneth Muir in John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV
...Books published a series of childrens' action/fantasy/science fiction novels under the franchise title Choose Your Own Adventure. But these clever little books had a twist: they featured multiple endings, and multiple "paths" for the reader, and in essence told a variety of stories. "You're the star of the story!," crowed the book covers....
 
Tags: adventure, adventure books, books, adventure format, choose, favorite star trek, star trek, adventure -style books, indiana jones