Breaking the Mould
Why follow the crowd? I don’t understand authors who insist on writing to formulae. Yes, there is a place for formulaic writing – for those who don’t want to concentrate. I remember as a...
Doris Lessing
James Tiptree: 10,000 Light Years from Home #Review #ScienceFiction #Dystopian
James Tiptree: 10,000 Light Years from Home I’ve umm’d and ah’d about whether to persevere with or give up reading James Tiptree Jnr’s “10,000 Light-Years from Home” (1977, Pan-Science Fiction). Even as I write,...
Green Eyes or Brown? #books #readingforpleasure
Some time ago, I saw mention that only 2% of the world’s population have green eyes. The majority have brown and 10% have blue. Seeing this, I wondered how important it was for authors...