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Author : David Sergeant
Release : 2022-12-31
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 882/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Near Future in 21st Century Fiction by : David Sergeant
Download or read book The Near Future in 21st Century Fiction written by David Sergeant. This book was released on 2022-12-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores contemporary fiction set in the near future to shed new light on our culture's relationship to the Anthropocene.
Author : David Sergeant
Release : 2023
Genre : Climatic changes in literature
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Book Rating : 925/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Near Future in 21st Century Fiction by : David Sergeant
Download or read book The Near Future in 21st Century Fiction written by David Sergeant. This book was released on 2023. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A growing awareness of climate change and looming planetary crisis has put unprecedented pressure on the near future, leading to an increasing amount of fiction being set there. But what do these disparate works have in common, other than their temporal setting? And what can the imagination of the near future tell us about where we live now? The Near Future in 21st Century Fiction ranges across novels and films to reveal how our contemporary near future splits between two divergent paths. One seeks to retreat from climate change and the disruption it threatens to affluent lifestyles; the other tries to imagine new forms of community, and radical change, but struggles to locate a genre adequate to the task. It in this struggle, however, that we begin to glimpse the outlines of an emergent near future form: a revolution fit for the Anthropocene"--
Author : Joshua Miller
Release : 2021-09-23
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 278/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First Century American Fiction by : Joshua Miller
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First Century American Fiction written by Joshua Miller. This book was released on 2021-09-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the most exciting trends in 21st century US fiction's genres, themes, and concepts.
Author : Donald Maass
Release : 2012-10-16
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 007/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Writing 21st Century Fiction by : Donald Maass
Download or read book Writing 21st Century Fiction written by Donald Maass. This book was released on 2012-10-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capture the minds, hearts, and imaginations of 21st century readers! Whether you're a commercial storyteller or a literary novelist, whether your goal is to write a best-selling novel or captivate readers with a satisfying, beautifully written story, the key to success is the same: high-impact fiction. Writing 21st Century Fiction will help you write a novel for today's readers and market, filled with rich characters, compelling plots, and resonant themes. Author and literary agent Donald Maass shows you how to: • Create fiction that transcends genre, conjures characters who look and feel more "real" than real people, and shows readers the work around them in new ways. • Infuse every page with an electric current of emotional appeal and micro-tension. • Harness the power of parallels, symbols, metaphors, and more to illuminate your novel in a lasting way. • Develop a personalized method of writing that works for you. With an arsenal of thought-provoking prompts and questions, plus plenty of examples from best-selling titles, Writing 21st Century Fiction will strip away your preconceived notions about writing in today's world and give you the essential tools you need to create fiction that will leave both readers and critics in awe.
Author : Rosemary Kirstein
Release : 2019-04-12
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Book Rating : 689/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Steerswoman by : Rosemary Kirstein
Download or read book The Steerswoman written by Rosemary Kirstein. This book was released on 2019-04-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION If you ask, she must answer. A steerswoman's knowledge is shared with any who request it; no steerswoman may refuse a question, and no steerswoman may answer with anything but the truth.And if she asks, you must answer. It is the other side of tradition's contract -- and if you refuse the question, or lie, no steerswoman will ever again answer even your most casual question.And so, the steerswomen - always seeking, always investigating - have gathered more and more knowledge about the world they travel, and they share that knowledge freelyUntil the day that the steerswoman Rowan begins asking innocent questions about one small, lovely, inexplicable object...Her discoveries grow stranger and deeper, and more dangerous, until suddenly she finds she must flee or fight for her life. Or worse -- lie.Because one kind of knowledge has always been denied the the steerswomen: Magic."If you haven't read Kirstein's Steerswoman books I envy you the chance to read them now for the first time.... I think they have a very good claim to be my favorite thing still being written. [...] If you like science, and if you like watching someone work out mysteries, and if you like detailed weird alien worlds and human cultures, if really good prose appeals... you're really in luck." - Jo Walton, Hugo and Nebula Awards winner, author of Among Others and Farthing."[Kirstein] walks the tightrope between fantasy and science fiction with precision and grace... [her] compassion for even minor characters is evident on every page, and her prose is measured and alluring without being overworked." -- Damien Broderick & Paul Di Filippo, in Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010
