Writing about writing and reading
I just finished reading this, and though it was very clever, and a fresh idea and extremely well written with beautiful prose, identifiable characters and vivid emotions and exciting action, it was also incredibly irritating. It is another iteration of the timeless story of the villain trying to accomplish something, and the hero trying to …
Continue reading "The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Claire North"
An action packed thriller about one man trapped on Mars. I couldn't put this one down. Mark Watney is part of an expedition to Mars that goes terribly wrong, forcing his crew-mates to leave him behind for dead. What follows is his desperate struggle to stay alive as long as possible until help can arrive. …
This was a strange book, very atmospheric and more than a little creepy. Our unnamed protagonist, 'the biologist' (none of the characters are named in the entire book) is part of an expedition to 'area x' where reportedly very unusual things happen. The other expeditions that have gone before hers have rarely returned, and when …
This week I wrote about someone resurrected in a future society where death has been outlawed. I don't like it and didn't really know where I was going with it, so I've broken my streak of good stories. I finished something though! I also read VALIS by Phillip K. Dick. It's about a man who …
Continue reading "Week 15 and VALIS(and The Divine Invasion)"
This week's story was about someone trying to open a gate to a parallel universe. I had a prompt from a competition on a forum I frequent, I haven't seen how I rate yet, so you'll hear next week 🙂 I finished reading Reflex and it was really good, the writing seemed to improve a …
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