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Dystopian Fiction, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Comic Books…
A Golden Age of Dystopian Fiction (New Yorker) Dystopias follow utopias the way thunder follows lightning. This year, the thunder is roaring. But people are so grumpy, what with the petty tyrants and such, that it’s easy to forget how recently lightning struck. “Whether we measure our progress in terms of wiredness, open-mindedness, or optimism, […]
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#ThingsOnlyWomenWritersHear, Queer Graphic Novels, and more…
How a self-published author inspired by Stephen King knocked his idol from the top spot on Amazon (CNBC) It was King who first inspired Jones to try writing. “He was, I think, probably the single reason that I started writing, to be honest,” Jones tells CNBC. “He’s definitely a role model.” So it felt almost surreal […]
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Climate Fiction, Arabic Science Fiction, and more…
Arabic Science Fiction for Teens Ajwan (Oye! Times) Impressing young adults is a difficult undertaking, and Noura Al Noman admirably attempts to reach teen Arabic readers with Ajwan, almost certainly the first contemporary Arabic science fiction novel for young adults out of the Emirates. Gender gap in fiction writing is shrinking, but women still seek recognition (The […]
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Whitewashing Book Covers, Actors Publishing Fiction, and more…
Australian science fiction authors feel let down by local publishers (ABC News Australia) While the overall Australian publishing scene is robust, Australian science fiction writers believe their work is not being adequately supported by the industry. “It’s quite difficult to get a science fiction novel published by an Australian publisher,” says Cat Sparks, a publisher […]
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The Rise of Sci-Fi in China, Inclusive Writing, and more…
How China Became a Sci-Fi Powerhouse (Foreign Policy) In its early days, Chinese sci-fi was merely the side project of a cohort of internet-based writers and fans. Today, China’s twist on the genre is hovering up international awards and attracting serious commercial interest from Chinese production companies. It is an astonishing transformation that tracks the […]
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Too Many Superheroes, Trump’s Making America Read Again…
Can The Industry Survive On Superheroes? Retailers, Publishers Talk Genre Diversity (Newsorama) But decades later, the majority of comic books shipped each week to comic book stores are still the ones starring Marvel and DC heroes. And now that the film industry seems to be in the midst of a love affair with superheroes, the […]
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Climate Fiction, Slow Publishing, Fiction from Banned Nations, and more…
Climate science and climate fiction – where data intersects with art (Boing Boing) Climate change is happening now, and we need a literature of now to address its issues. As glaciers melt, corals bleach, typhoons kill and forest fires rage, a new genre called climate fiction has emerged from science fiction to stand out on […]
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Literary Awards May Be Ruining Fiction, Looking Back at 2016…
We Love It When Presidents Enjoy Science Fiction (Wired) It says a lot about the growing respectability of science fiction that a sitting president would proudly trumpet his love of the genre. WIRED recently decided to celebrate that cultural shift by publishing the magazine’s first science fiction issue. The stories were contributed by authors such […]
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Chinese Online Literature, Young Adult Science Fiction, Icelandic Literature…
Translated Chinese online literature making huge waves in overseas markets (Global Times) While online literature has long been considered bottom-tier by literature lovers in China, for some Western readers, checking to see if the latest chapter of their favorite online serial has been translated from Chinese into English is the first thing they do in […]
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Trends in Indian Fiction, Writing in the Trump Era, Chinese Sci-Fi…
From inspiration to publication: immigrant authors talk about writing and publishing fiction in Canada (Canadian Immigrant) Writer Mayank Bhatt draws inspiration from his immigration experience as well, along with current events. In 2008, he immigrated to Canada from India, where he was a journalist. Released in September 2016, his novel, Belief, is about the immigrant […]
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