“Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused state of knowledge (science), and is characteristically cast in the Gothic or post Gothic mode.” StatesUniverseFictionMankindScience FictionCastsDefinitionsPostsConfusedGothic Book:The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy Source: The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy
“History presents the pleasantest features of poetry and fiction,--the majesty of the epic, the moving accidents of the drama, the surprises and moral of the romance. Wallace is a ruder Hector; Robinson Crusoe is not stranger that Croesus; the Knights of Ashby never burnish the page of Scott with richer lights of lance and armor than the Carthaginians, winding down the Alps, cast upon Livy.” LightRomanceMovingFictionMoralHistoryDramaPagesSurpriseCastsStrangerAccidentsFeaturesEpicMajestyKnightsArmorAlpsHectorRobinson CrusoeWinding Down Book:Pleasures of Literature Source: Pleasures of Literature
“specialize in small cast/single reader long fiction so I only compete against other podcasts of novels in that form.” LongFormFictionNovelReaderCasts Author:Nathan Lowell
“When you're writing fiction it's a heightened voice. You're trying to cast a spell, which isn't the same thing as trying to cast someone into it. You are creating a reality but it's a different sort of performance.” WritingTryingDifferentRealityVoiceFictionCreatingPerformancesCastsSpellsWriting Fiction Author:Darryl Pinckney