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Fixing-up the sci-fi short story
I already wrote one whole post about Asimov's short stories about robots, but something else struck me when I was rereading them last year.
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Historical Fiction Pre-Spoiled by History
What happens when every reader knows half of your ending?
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Medieval mystery plays and church dramas
A tradition still around today
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The Disconnected Quests of Oz
What Baum did, and what he didn't do
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The Building Blocks of My Imagination
Giving thanks for the influential good books I've read
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A Tale of a Lost Heir
Lost or dispossessed heirs are frequent protagonists as they try to win back their rightful crowns. But the story also actually happened in history.
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Across the Divide: What It Means to Be American
Guest post by Jinny So
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Failing like Tolkien in Constant Revisions
Tolkien's never-completed revisions, and my own
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Cold Equations, Cold Awakening
It's a good story. The criticism raises good points, but that's another story.
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Life as Part of a Story
Against philosopher Galen Strawson's article
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The Tragedy of the French Revolution
Three tragedies, as Shakespeare might have written them
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Historical Fiction Entering Into History
Some general thoughts on historical fiction
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