Category: Discussion of genre

by M.Bijman September 4, 2017

Current events Discussion of current events Discussion of genre Discussion of writing style Review of new book Review of science fiction Reviews of short stories

Reality from a different perspective – Giants at the End of the World, Finnish Weird anthology

At the 75th World Science Fiction Conference (Worldcon 75) held in August 2017 in Helsinki, Finland, the bag of goodiesContinue Reading

by M.Bijman January 10, 2017

Discussion of genre Discussion of writing style Modern fiction Review of literary fiction Review of new book Review of new novel

From the inside looking out – A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles

This is a stylized, studied novel, about a stylish gentleman, written in elegant style. It has a fin-de-siècle feel to it,Continue Reading

by M.Bijman July 19, 2016

Discussion of current events Discussion of genre Discussion of writing style Review of modern fiction

Almost incomprehensible English – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

Hard to read but worthwhile reading Some books are hard to read and hard to finish. It could be becauseContinue Reading