The Fiction Class Book Review

Advantages: A Great Book For Writing Tips.
Disadvantages: The Story Itself isn't That Strong.

...Is it a novel or a book of writing tips? It's both actually, if you want it to be. On her website, the author says it came out of "discussions I had with my mother". So it is about a writer and her mother, but also about a creative writing class. Since Breen herself has taught such a class, parts of it are autobiographical, although she declares there is a lot of fiction woven in. The story is...

PinkyPurple246 02.05.2013 16:17 · Read review
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Review of The Fiction Class - Susan Breen

First book in NUMA series, Serpent by Clive Cussler

Advantages: Fast action, lots of history
Disadvantages: Maybe weaker character development and writing than previous Cussler books

...Serpent is a novel by thriller writer Clive Cussler. For those familiar with the works of Cussler, they normally involve a character called Dirk Pitt, but this book marks the arrival of a new character, Kurt Austin. The book is the first in the NUMA series of books, of which more have since been released since this title was published. The basic plot is that a group called "The Brotherhood" try...

julwhite 14.10.2009 21:17 · Read review
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Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction

Advantages: Some real gems
Disadvantages: Some dross

...The book, The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction is edited by David G. Hartwell. It boasts on the front cover: that it is: "The biggest and best science Fiction Anthology Ever Published". And there, as they say, is the rub. Is it? Although I acknowledge that there are a great many good science fiction stories in this anthology, I would have to argue against it being the best. And as...

Martinscholes 12.11.2005 00:10 · Read review
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