Posted inWeird Sites of the Month

My Favorite Listmanias

A Tour Through The Body: Fun (And Gross) Books For Kids http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/2A4QJIPCDFAXR/ Greatest Movies Involving Decapitation http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/3NXLXMCDRJMJ9/ Top 25 Weirdest Things You Can Buy on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/2WE01ST4Z4YY0/ So You're Going to Jail... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/1DX0MGC6DXB5T/ Dead, dying, maimed, deformed, opened & freakish bodies http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/2W2Z82A63239C/ At Least the Titles are Funny http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/1WJNRJITTX6VM/
June 15, 2004Posted inWeird Sites of the Month
Posted inNot Dead Yet: Print Reviews

Conscience by John Skipp

As a writer, I always cringe when I hear other writers give the advice that a book should be "cinematic": that it should be written not only to give the reader the same thrill that they'd get at the movies, but also that it be custom-built to try to sell ancillary rights to a film company in order to rake in the dough. While I do think that most writers wouldn't be able to make a living without film option income, I often think that fiction is supposed to be fiction first. In fact, some of the best books in…
May 22, 2004Posted inNot Dead Yet: Print Reviews

"To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature." -- Ernst Fischer (died 1972)

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