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| Cryptonomicon | |
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By Jaret, Section Fiction (not archived on 4Literature) Posted on Fri May 30th, 2003 at 06:12:15 AM EST |
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Cryptonomicon is Neal Stephenson's bestselling 910 page opus dealing with a conspiracy spanning generations and continents, with the power to change the world.
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| The Squares of the City | |
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By Jaret, Section Fiction (not archived on 4Literature) Posted on Wed May 28th, 2003 at 12:00:50 AM EST |
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Do you like chess and ingeniously crafted plots? Then you'll love The Squares of the City, a political thriller that embodies chess, playing out an actual championship game. [minor spoiler included]
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| Isaac Asimov's Robot-Empire-Foundation Series | |
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By Jaret, Section Fiction (not archived on 4Literature) Posted on Tue Jan 21st, 2003 at 09:46:37 AM EST |
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Perhaps the most well-respected and largest series in science fiction, Isaac Asimov's Robot-Empire-Foundation Series encompasses dozens of books and tens of thousands of years of future history.
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| Stranger in a Strange Land | |
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By Jaret, Section Fiction (not archived on 4Literature) Posted on Sat Jan 4th, 2003 at 01:18:04 AM EST |
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From the beginning, science fiction has been a means for satire and conveying philosophical ideas. Nowhere is this more true than in what is probably the most famous science fiction novel, Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land.
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| Characters and Viewpoint | |
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By Jaret, Section Nonfiction (not archived on 4Literature) Posted on Thu Dec 5th, 2002 at 11:25:57 PM EST |
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History has shown that what makes a masterpiece isn't plot, but characterization. Writers such as William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and John Steinbeck used plot as a structure on which to build primarily character based stories.
In his book Characters and Viewpoint writer Orson Scott Card provides a set of tools from which to build effective characters. (1718 words in story) Full Story |
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| Poe in the News | |
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By Jaret, Section Edgar Allan Poe Posted on Wed Nov 13th, 2002 at 07:45:06 AM EST |
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Dead since 1849, Edgar Allan Poe is still making the news thanks to new insights in his writings. The pioneer of both horror and detective fiction now adds cryptographer and cosmologist to his list of titles.
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| The Moral Animal | |
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By Jaret, Section Nonfiction (not archived on 4Literature) Posted on Sat Oct 19th, 2002 at 02:31:07 AM EST |
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In 1857 Charles Darwin brought about a revolution with his book on evolution, The Origin of Species. It's since become commonly accepted that human traits are the result of natural selection, but only in recent years has this been applied to psychology. Robert Wright's The Moral Animal is about this burgeoning new field known as evolutionary psychology.
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| Fantasy and Science Fiction Contrasted | |
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By Jaret, Section Original Nonfiction Posted on Fri Oct 11th, 2002 at 11:10:54 PM EST |
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Although fantasy and science fiction are read by similar audiences and placed together on most store shelves, they are vastly different both in form and function.
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| The Hero With a Thousand Faces | |
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By Jaret, Section Nonfiction (not archived on 4Literature) Posted on Fri Oct 11th, 2002 at 10:51:21 PM EST |
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Behind every myth lies a simple story, a common theme, a set of motifs that span the world. At the root of these motifs are the trials of life, and at the heart of the story, the hero. You are that hero, says Joseph Campbell in The Hero With a Thousand Faces
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| Does Doesn't | |
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By cats3000, Section Original Fiction Posted on Fri Sep 27th, 2002 at 07:53:58 AM EST |
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This is a tale about relentlessness. It is a dark comedy. Enjoy!
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| Knowledge | |
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By craig, Section Original Fiction Posted on Sat Sep 21st, 2002 at 12:31:13 AM EST |
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What if you had absolute control over the universe? Think that would be great? In this original bit of fiction a hapless telemarketer stumbles into this role and finds out being the ultimate omnipotent being isn't all it's cracked up to be...
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| The True Mark of Excellence | |
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By Jaret, Section Red Badge of Courage Posted on Tue Sep 17th, 2002 at 03:28:12 AM EST |
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Over the years a number of movies have torn down the glory of war, revealing a host of negative emotions such as madness, hate, and fear. Movies such as Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, and Full Metal Jacket accomplished this with a blend of chaos and realism that shocked audiences. Stephen Crane's book The Red Badge of Courage meets or surpasses them all.
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