Fiction

‘May I say that I’m very glad to meet you,”  Woody Brown taps on his word board. Brown is formal, funny and strikingly eloquent. He has a formidable ability to tell stories that reach …

Just days ago, a game came out whose unlike­ly premise has already drawn a good deal of atten­tion. “Man­age your very own video store in the ear­ly 90s!” exclaims the …

John Checks Into a Hotel After a Devastating Fight With Carolyn Carolyn is clearing the table after a dinner party—planned by John for “her friends,” a characterization she objects to, …

NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Washington Post reporter Rachel Kurzius about fan fiction, which is changing publishing —from books inspired by “Twilight” to an award-winning take on “Huckleberry Finn.”

From pushing artistic limits to crafting iconic stories, these directors didn’t wait for permission. They took their shot, broke the glass ceiling, and redefined what it means to be a …

For four decades, an English professor at San Jose State University has run a fiction contest for a single opening sentence to “the worst of all possible novels.” He has …

When I heard that a major international broadcaster would be producing a TV series based on Claudia Durastanti’s Strangers I Know, as a millennial Italian writer I was enthusiastic. Durastanti’s book – a …

Just over 20 years ago, Steven Spielberg released War of the Worlds, a remake of the HG Wells classic updated for then modern day, capturing an era of post-9/11 anxiety …

What Sci-Fi And Speculative Fiction Reveal About eLearning’s Future As education evolves from classrooms to cloud platforms and from whiteboards to wearable tech, a powerful question emerges: What will learning …

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s installment is focused on science fiction novels that envisioned certain ideas and technology …