Tag: fan fiction

by M. Bijman January 10, 2018 0

A Triumph of Imagination – Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders

This is one review I composed carefully, as the novel is in a format I have never seen before, inContinue Reading

by M. Bijman November 7, 2017 0

There is a current trend for novels with long titles about eccentric old people: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed OutContinue Reading

by M. Bijman June 8, 2017 0

The reboot of the TV series Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: The Return premiered on the 21st of May, to a hugeContinue Reading

by M. Bijman February 3, 2017 0

Here is the last part in a series of four posts on the subject of fan fiction versus copyright rules.Continue Reading

by M. Bijman January 30, 2017 0

On the subject of fan fiction versus copyright rules, I am discussing examples of three cases of what seems toContinue Reading

by M. Bijman January 16, 2017 0

The Era of the Reboot and Sequel Whenever an author adds a new book on to a successful novel orContinue Reading

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019) October 5, 2019
“Ultimately I knew that words have power.” — Toni Morrison The visionary and essential novelist Toni Morrison was born on February 18th, 1931 and died on August 5, 2019. In between, she was a voice of great power and resounding truth, a celebrated writer and editor, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a Nobel Prize winner, a mother of two an […]
The Exorcist (1973) August 31, 2019
“I'm the Devil. Now kindly undo these straps.” — Demon The Exorcist was not your average blockbuster film. Called “the greatest horror film of all time” by many, it has remained unparalleled in terms of its initial reception, its cultural impact and its subsequent adoption into the American film canon. With a worldwide gross of over $440 million, countl […]