
Midway by Anne Barrett | Science Fiction & Fantasy forum
Dec 22, 2009 · This children's/YA novel from 1967 was Anne Barrett's final published book. A little known author these days, her novel Midway I picked up on my birthday Puffin Trawl in Hay-on-Wye. I chose it for the cover and the blurb, which spoke of a lonely boy and his imaginary tiger. And it's a really...
Why did Virginia Hey (Zhaan) leave Farscape? | Science Fiction ...
Oct 8, 2000 · I don't really know the "down and dirty" as to why Virginia Hey left Farscape. There was much gossip (and crying :crying:) when she left, but I thought you'd be interested in her own words when asked why she left (I don't know how long ago this was written): WHY DID I LEAVE FARSCAPE? Now to...
"8x8" (only ~393 words) | Science Fiction & Fantasy forum
Dec 28, 2019 · Hay, Guttersnipe! I read through your story a few times, and it seems to read a bit slow for an action story to me. But I did like how you're hinting that the Player of the White pieces is cheating buy causing the Player of the Black pieces to make mistakes, and Quiggley notices the confusing and losing moves being made.
5 weapons that fantasy gets wrong | Page 2 | Science Fiction
Mar 9, 2007 · "If you want to train a longbowman, start with his grandfather," is apparently what Edward III said. If you want to train a crossbowman, give a peasant a crossbow in the morning, let him shoot at some bales of hay for a couple of hours, and by lunchtime you have a crossbowman.
I met Virginia Hey - Science Fiction & Fantasy forum
Jun 2, 2006 · T'other weekend at a charity cosplay event (I went as Katniss Everdeen). She was very nice. Very chatty.We spoke for quite a well about various different things including her business (she has a shop on Etsy), Wiltshire (she lives there), benefits, and …
DISCUSSION THREAD -- January 2025 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge
Aug 7, 2007 · This is a story that reminds us that its wise to make hay while the sun shines. @Provincial.... Asylum - Mr. B: the truth behind the superstar .... This is a story whose punchline comes most unexpectedly. @johnnyjet.... Hiding With the Robots .... This is a story with an interesting quid pro quo. @paranoid marvin.... Perkin's Progress ....
Court of the Midnight King | Science Fiction & Fantasy forum
Aug 31, 2004 · Have read the first quarter of Court of the Midnight King and so far it's not at all what I was expecting. There again, I'm not sure what I was expecti
Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar Saga Reading-Order Flowchart
Feb 28, 2021 · Hello, again. Here is another of the reading-order flowchart that I have created over the last four years or so. This one cover's Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar Saga. There are a lot of shorter stories missing from this flowchart. Along …
Fantasy adventure book. dragons talking or not?
Feb 13, 2022 · ok so I'm trying to write a fantasy adventure book, I have had a lot of inspiration from lord of the rings, a song of ice and fire, harry potter, the sanctuary series among many others books, films, and tv shows, and in some dragons can …
There are "no more great writers," V S Naipaul
Jun 7, 2011 · I can think of several who didn't receive the Nobel Prize who would have been worthy winners. Italo Calvino, Vladimir Nabokov, Marcel Proust, Mark Twain, Checkov, W.G. Sebald and Jorge Louis Borges amongst others.