Month: May 2020

by M. Bijman May 22, 2020

Real World Meets Realism – Will the Real Robinson Crusoe Please Stand Up? (Part 1 of 3)

This month’s site header (below) is of a painting called The Tooth Extractor, by Dutch artist Theodoor Rombouts (1597–1637), in theContinue Reading

by M. Bijman May 15, 2020

Constructed World Novel Creative Process Discussion of film/TV series Review of science fiction

Going off the rails – Too many alterations in the TV version of “Altered Carbon”

In my review of Richard Morgan’s Altered Carbon, I wrote that season 1 of the TV version of the bookContinue Reading

by M. Bijman May 10, 2020

Creative Process Discussion of lyrics Media and Technology

The surprising results of using a machine text generator

Writers could encounter two problems specific to their profession: One is finding the right line or the right word, andContinue Reading

by M. Bijman May 2, 2020

Award-winning novel Constructed World Novel Discussion of author’s portfolio Discussion of film/TV series Discussion of writing style Review of Mysteries and Thrillers Review of science fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction Awards

The grossest – and most poetic – scenes of violence ever – Altered Carbon, by Richard Morgan

The concept on which Altered Carbon is based is ingenious – it was futuristic and fantastical when Richard Morgan wrote theContinue Reading

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