Roy Peter Clark has made a whole career out of his guides to better writing. But does his fiction manual actually work? “No one is born,” writes poetry critic Helen Vendler, “understanding string ...

“Neuroscience is basically trying to understand how the brain works,” Quiroga told Nerdist on a Skype interview. “If I am talking to you, how do I choose the words I am using? How do I process ...

Love it or hate it, you will not be able to read the real Starship Troopers without some kind of strong emotional reaction. Heinlein wrote a great many classics of science fiction and we could have ...

One of the seminarians whom I teach came to me recently and said, half-joking, “I think I will scream if you write one more book list for the Register!” Yes, I realize that I have done a healthy ...

Every year in July, writers and readers of fiction gather for Readercon, in Burlington, Massachusetts. The conference, which has been held every summer for the past quarter century (at least), is ...

Science fiction’s greatest authors have brilliant ideas, storytelling mojo… and plenty of stubbornness. Many of the field’s greatest writers were buried in rejection slips, before they finally broke ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. Apr 20, 2024, 04:31pm EDT Apr 20, 2024, 04:34pm EDT (Left to right ...

The paberback imprint’s nod to its pioneering heyday with a series of classic science fiction works is entirely appropriate, writes Stuart Kelly Between the Era of the Penguin Classics Black Spines ...

HOLLYWOOD (KABC) -- Can you believe it? The cult classic "Pulp Fiction" turns 30 this year! The film's biggest stars hit the red carpet in Hollywood to mark the occasion, and to kick off the 2024 ...

Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre or series or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated ...