“I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well-constructed and thoughtful and funny and have things to say about men and women and families and children and life in America today.” MenWritingWellsChildrenBookTodayAmericaFictionMen And WomenThoughtfulEntertainingAmerica Today Author:Jennifer Weiner
“It can be hard to write a skillfully entertaining fiction, but a great book wants to be more, and wants more from us.” WantWritingBookHardFictionEntertainingGreat Book Author:Guy Gavriel Kay
“Paranormal fiction offers authors - and readers - the chance to answer the question, what if? All the different ways that question can be answered make for extremely entertaining reading.” IfsWayDifferentReadingChanceAnswersFictionReaderOffersDifferent WaysParanormalWhat IfEntertaining Author:Jeaniene Frost
“Braxton Cosby's stories feel personal and well thought-out. I'm happy to welcome this entertaining writer to the YA science fiction field. I look forward to more of his work!” FeelsWellsLooksStoriesFictionFieldsScience FictionWelcomeEntertaining Author:Tananarive Due
“In France, it's always about life, normal life. We always stick with these realistic things. So when French people are dreaming about American movies, they go and see the thrillers, and Westerns, and science fiction, huge entertaining movies.” PeopleDreamFictionHugeNormalScience FictionSticksFranceRealisticEntertainingThrillersNormal LifeAmerican Movie Author:Berenice Bejo
“Much more than an entertaining set of exaggerated facts, fiction is a metaphoric method of describing, dramatizing and condensing historical events, personal actions, psychological states and the symbolic knowledge encoded within the collective unconscious; things, events and conditions that are otherwise too diffuse and/or complex to be completely digested or appreciated by the prevailing culture.” StatesFactsActionCultureFictionConditionsEventsMethodHistoricalComplexesPsychologicalUnconsciousCollectivesEntertainingAppreciatedSymbolicDescribingExaggeratedPrevailingCollective UnconsciousHistorical EventsMetaphoric Author:Tom Robbins
“[Science fiction is] the attempt to deal rationally with alternate possibilities in a manner which will be entertaining.” DealsFictionPossibilityScience FictionEntertaining Book:The world of science fiction, 1926-1976: the history of a subculture Source: The world of science fiction, 1926-1976: the history of a subculture
“Justin Hermann is one of the best new voices in short fiction-deep and entertaining as hell, with many funny lines, unexpected turns of events, and great insights. Wonderful stories: each one is a trip!” StoriesTurnsVoiceLinesFictionHellWonderfulEventsInsightUnexpectedEntertainingJustinUnexpected Turns Author:Josip Novakovich
“[Michael] Chabon is arguing in favor of what is at the same time an old-fashioned and very forward-thinking opening up - of taking off the class associations with those labels, because we grew up, or I certainly grew up, feeling that, "Oh, there's literary fiction, and beneath that, there's these other things." He's actually saying that they're all of equal merit, and in many cases, that work in the genres, or work that draws from the genres is more entertaining for readers, since it is our job to entertain people.” PeopleThinkingFeelingsJobsFictionClassCasesGrewReaderEqualGrew UpDrawsArguingFavorsOpeningLabelsGenreMeritAssociationEntertainingOld FashionedOpening UpGenre IsForward Thinking Author:Emily Barton