Here's an article on Strange Horizons : Universal Language? Authors from the Apex Book of World SF Discuss the Global Reach of Speculative Fiction . The Apex Book of World SF is edited by Lavie Tidhar , and in the story-list are two stories by Pinoys: Kristin Mandigma 's " Excerpt From A Letter By A Social-Realist Aswang ", and Dean Alfar 's " The Kite Of Stars ". An excerpt from...
…or some other similar remedy to chase away this flu. The future Baron is gradually improving. His cough is slowly receding, but he still has a fever, which is troubling. On the other hand, the fB’s girlfriend, who visited with us a week ago, developed her own version of this creeping crud. She went to the doctor yesterday, and he told her that what she had was the common cold, and not...
Title: The cleanup Author: Sean Doolittle Publisher: Dell Copyright: 2006 ISBN: 0-440-24282-7 Series or stand-alone: Stand-alone Setting: Omaha, NE 1st Sentence: Prologue $avemore 1. Meat and frozen Worth couldn't get over the looks people gave him. Comments: Matt Worth was busted down to working security detail at a grocery store after hitting a superior officer. When his co-worker Gwen comes to him...
The celebrated crime writer reveals that after his last book led to a breakdown, drugs and divorce, this time he has his demons in check Some illuminating pre-interview James Ellroy research shows: “America’s greatest living crime writer” (some would root for Elmore Leonard) feigning joyful masturbation for the benefit of the Playboy Channel outside the [...]
Join us for Wholphin’s return to the Cinefamily on Tuesday, December 8th at 8PM to celebrate the release of our latest two DVDs: Wholphin No. 9 & 10. The screening will include Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s fiery adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s short story, “Sparks” (starring Carla Gugino and Eric Stoltz); a Maurice Sendak childhood memory re-enacted by Spike [...]
Booklover - Herald on Sunday - 15 November, 2009 Mark Crysell is the Europe correspondent for TVNZ News & Current Affairs The book I love most is....the nominees are: The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer, a haunting white trash epic, devastatingly written. Songlines by Bruce Chatwin, beautiful evocative writing about why we travel. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, a classic, I've read it five...
It's a huge moment in every author's career: The Call that instantly takes us from pipe dream to book deal. Today Peter Leonard, author of Quiver and Trust Me (and son of novelist Elmore Leonard) stops by to share his "how I got from there to here" story... I remember when I was nine years old, going down the stairs to the basement, seeing my dad at his desk, white cinder block wall behind...
Ritual cleansing of child soldiers in Sierra Leone . David Hanson is spending three months canoeing the Chattahoochee River . Choire finds some gems in the coming auction of the Lehman Brothers art collection. Having a pet can be as bad for the environment as an SUV The 10 worst food trends , DEBUNKED . When is the film better than the novel? Maybe when it’s one of these . But I think there’s...
‘Trust No One’ read the famous poster in Fox Mulder’s office, and you have to wonder if Elmore Leonard’s son Peter has a copy of that same print pinned up above his own desk. I’ve not read any of Leonard Sr.’s work (I must do something about that) though I have seen Get Shorty , Cat Chaser , 52 Pick-Up , Out Of Sight and Jackie Brown , so I reckon I know his style....
Yep, it’s rubber-hose time, folks: a rapid-fire Q&A for those shifty-looking usual suspects ... What crime novel would you most like to have written? James Ellroy’s LA CONFIDENTIAL. What fictional character would you most like to have been? Boone Daniels in Don Winslow’s THE DAWN PATROL because he’s such a damn good surfer. Who do you read for guilty pleasures? George V...
This video, a vintage "introduction to the internet" from the early 90s or thereabouts, features the line "What's a webpage? Something ducks walk on?" If that doesn't convince you to watch this hilarious, mysteriously-filled-with-pixelated-porno masterpiece, I don't know what will. I have preserved the lyrics of the opening song for posterity's sake: On your mark, get set! We're...
by Gerry Visco Pacing, as it applies to fiction, could be described as the manipulation of time. Though pacing is often overlooked and misunderstood by beginning writers, it is one of the key craft elements a writer must master to produce good fiction. Best-selling author Elmore Leonard recommends simply ‘cutting out [...]
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