“My current novel, Pallas, is all about that culture war - in fact it's been called the Uncle Tom's Cabin of the Sagebrush Rebellion - and yet what I hear all too often from libertarians is that they don't read fiction.” WarFactsCultureFictionNovelCurrentsLibertarianRebellionTomsUnclesCabinsUncle Tom Author:L. Neil Smith
“When a story has gone the grand circuit, and travels back to us uncontradicted, we may reasonably begin to relax in our belief of it. If nobody questions it, it is manifestly a fiction; if it passes current, it is almost sure to be a counterfeit. The course of truth never yet ran smooth.” IfsMayStoriesCoursesBeliefFictionGoneCurrentsRanRelaxSmoothCircuitsCounterfeit Author:Samuel Laman Blanchard
“Dave Eggers is a prince among men when it comes to writing deeply felt, socially conscious books that meld reportage with fiction. While A Hologram for the King is fiction...it's a strike against the current state of global economic injustice.” MenWritingBookStatesFeltFictionEconomicKingsConsciousInjusticeCurrentsStrikesDaveHologramsEconomic Injustice Author:Elissa Schappell
“My wife, the actress Megan Mullally, was an English major at Northwestern University and loves fiction. Like so many things in my life, she curates things for me. For example, I have the daunting prospect of Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch" waiting for me when I get through my current reading pile.” ReadingWaitingFictionWifeExampleMajorsAnd LoveUniversityCurrentsMy WifeActressesEnglish MajorNorthwesternGoldfinchesNorthwestern University Author:Nick Offerman
“I'm 40 years old, and I still love watching Bugs Bunny slap the bull on the nose. I still watch those cartoons, and yet I also enjoy reading books about science, or the current fiction.” YearsStillsBookReadingEnjoyFictionWatchesCurrentsNosesReading BooksCartoonBugsBullsSlapBunnies Author:Jeff Smith
“The pervasive brutality in current fiction - the death, disease, dysfunction, depression, dismemberment, drug addiction, dementia, and dreary little dramas of domestic discord - is an obvious example of how language in exploitative, cynical or simply neurotic hands can add to the weariness, the darkness in the world.” WorldLittlesHandsLanguageFictionDarknessExampleDramaDrugDiseaseAddAddictionCurrentsObviousCynicalNeuroticBrutalityDrug AddictionWearinessDrug AddictDiscordDrearyDementiaDysfunction Author:Tom Robbins
“I can't claim to be disenchanted "with the current state of fiction" because I read so little of it. My reading is mostly drawn to history.” LittlesI CanStatesReadingFictionClaimsCurrentsDisenchanted Author:Cynthia Ozick
“When I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands on.” BookHandsBigsKidsFictionFansHorrorHarderScience FictionCurrents Author:John Darnielle