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Atlanta Nights
''Atlanta Nights'' is a collaborative novel created in 2004 by a group of science fiction and fantasy authors, with the express purpose of producing an unpublishably bad piece of work, so as to test whether publishing firm PublishAmerica would still accept it. It was accepted; after the hoax was revealed, the publisher withdrew its offer. The primary purpose of the exercise was to test PublishAmerica's claims to be a "traditional publisher" that would only accept high-quality manuscripts. Critics had long claimed that PublishAmerica is actually a vanity press that paid no special attention to the sales potential of the books they published, since most of their revenue came from the authors rather than book buyers. PublishAmerica had previously made some derogatory public remarks about science fiction and fantasy writers, because many of their critics came from those communities; those derogatory remarks influenced the decision to make such a public test of PublishAmerica's claim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parody
A parody, also known as a spoof, a satire, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it (theme/content, author, style, etc), but a parody can also be about a real-life person (e.g. a politician), event, or movement (e.g. the French Revolution or 1960s counterculture). Literary scholar Professor Simon Dentith defines parody as "any cultural practice which provides a relatively polemical allusive imitation of another cultural production or practice". The literary theorist Linda Hutcheon said "parody ... is imitation, not always at the expense of the parodied text." Parody may be found in art or culture, including literature, music, theater, television and film, animation, and gaming. Some parody is practiced in theater. The writer and critic John Gross observes in his ''Oxford Boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travesty
A travesty is an absurd or grotesque misrepresentation, a parody, or grossly inferior imitation. In literary or theatrical contexts it may refer to: *Burlesque, a literary, dramatic, or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects *Travesti (theatre) (also spelled ''travesty''), the portrayal of a character in a play, opera, or ballet by a performer of the opposite sex *Victorian burlesque, a genre of theatrical entertainment popular in Victorian England and New York theatre in the mid-19th century *Travesty generator or parody generator, a computer program that generates nonsensical text (travesty), often based on statistics of an input text See also *Travesti (gender identity), a term used in South American cultures for a person who was born male but has a feminine gender identity *''Travesties'', a comedy by Tom Stoppard (1974) *''Texas Travesty The ''Texas Travesty'' is a student-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Lindholm
Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born March 5, 1952), known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction. As Hobb, she is best known for her fantasy novels set in the ''Realm of the Elderlings'', which comprise the '' Farseer'', ''Liveship Traders'' and ''Tawny Man'' trilogies, the ''Rain Wild'' chronicles, and the ''Fitz and the Fool'' trilogy. Lindholm's writing includes the urban fantasy novel ''Wizard of the Pigeons'' and science fiction short stories, among other works. , her fiction has been translated into 22 languages and sold more than 4 million copies. Born in California, Lindholm grew up in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest and married a mariner at age eighteen. The Alaskan wilderness and the ocean were prominent aspects of her life, influencing her writing. After an early career in short fiction, at age thirty Lindholm published her first novel while working as a waitress and raising children. The first work to bring her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Melko
Paul Melko (born May 22, 1968) is an American science fiction writer whose work has appeared in ''Realms of Fantasy'', ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', ''Strange Horizons'', and '' Live Without a Net''. His first professional story appeared in ''Realms of Fantasy'' in 2002."The Burning Man", ''Realms of Fantasy'', February 2002 His first novel, ''Singularity's Ring,'' appeared from Tor Books in February 2008. He lives near Columbus, Ohio. Bibliography * ''Singularity's Ring'' (2008) novel * '' Ten Sigmas & Other Unlikelihoods'' (2008) collection * '' The Walls of the Universe'' (2009) novel * '' Broken Universe'' (2012) novel, sequel to "The Walls of the Universe" Awards and nominations * 2009: Won the Locus Award for Best First Novel for the novel ''Singularity's Ring'' * 2009: Won the Compton Crook Award for the novel ''Singularity's Ring'' * 2006: Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novella, Nebula Award for Best Novella, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for " The Wall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin O'Donnell, Jr
Kevin O'Donnell Jr. (November 29, 1950 – November 7, 2012) was an American science fiction author. He was the son of Kevin O'Donnell, who served as director of Peace Corps in 1971–72. Life O'Donnell graduated from Yale University in 1972. Periodicals ranging from ''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'' to '' Omni'' have printed more than seventy of his shorter works.ISFDBKevin O’Donnell Jr. – Summary Bibliography(accessed November 8, 2012) A number have also been anthologized, both in the United States and overseas. He has published ten books in America, and has been reprinted in the United Kingdom, France, Israel, the Netherlands, Spain, and Germany. In February 1987, the French translation of his 1984 novel ''ORA:CLE'' received the 1987 Prix Litteraire Mannesmann Tally. He served as chairman of the Nebula Award Novel Jury of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) in 1990 and 1991. He chaired the Nebula Award Committee from 1990 until 1998, and acted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Nazarian
Vera Nazarian (born 1966 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is an Armenian-Russian (by ethnicity) American writer of fantasy, science fiction and other "wonder fiction" including Mythpunk, an artist, and the publisher of Norilana Books. She is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and the author of ten novels, including '' Dreams of the Compass Rose'', a "collage" novel structured as a series of related and interlinked stories similar in arabesque flavor to '' The One Thousand and One Nights'', '' Lords of Rainbow'', a standalone epic fantasy about a world without color, the ''Cobweb Bride'' trilogy, and '' The Atlantis Grail'' books. Crowdfunding controversy In 2014 controversy erupted when she started an Indiegogo campaign to try to raise money for her authors; although the campaign was canceled after three days. As a result of "personal misfortunes", she had stopped paying royalties to the authors publishing books with Norilana Books, and hoped to raise e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Strauss
Victoria Strauss (born 1955 in Exeter, New Hampshire) is the author of nine fantasy novels for adults and young adults, including the ''Stone'' series (''The Arm of the Stone'' and ''The Garden of the Stone'') and the ''Way of Arata'' series (''The Burning Land'' and ''The Awakened City''). She has written hundreds of book reviews for magazines and ezines, including SF Site and ''Fantasy'' magazine, and her articles on writing have appeared in ''Writer's Digest'' and elsewhere. In 2006, she served as a judge for the World Fantasy Awards. An active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, she is a co-founder, with AC Crispin Ann Carol Crispin (April 5, 1950 – September 6, 2013) was an American science fiction writer, the author of twenty-three published novels. She wrote several '' Star Trek'' and '' Star Wars'' novelizations, and created an original science fictio ..., of the Committee on Writing Scams, and serves as its vice-chair. She maintains thWri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Rodgers
Alan Rodgers (August 11, 1959 – March 8, 2014) was a science fiction and horror writer, editor, and poet. In the mid-eighties he was the editor for ''Night Cry''. His short stories have been published in a number of venues, including ''Weird Tales'', '' Twilight Zone'' and a number of anthologies, such as '' Darker Masques'', '' Prom Night'', and '' Vengeance Fantastic''. His novelette ''"The Boy Who Came Back From the Dead"'' won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction in 1987 and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award. Biography Alan Rodgers was born in 1959. From summer 1985 to fall 1987, Rodgers was the editor of the horror digest Night Cry. In 1987, his "The Boy Who Came Back From the Dead" tied for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novelette. In 1990, his "Blood of the Children" was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. He died at Anaheim on March 8, 2014. Bibliography Novels * '' Blood of the Children'', Bantam Books, 1990 (). * ''Fire'', Bant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Steele
Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr. (born January 19, 1958) is an American journalist and science fiction author. Background Steele was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 19, 1958. He was introduced to science fiction fandom attending meetings of Nashville's science fiction club. He graduated high school from the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, received a bachelor's degree from New England College and a master's from the University of Missouri. Writing Before he established himself as a science fiction author, he spent several years working as a journalist. Steele began publishing short stories in 1988. His early novels formed a future history beginning with ''Orbital Decay'' and continuing through ''Labyrinth of Night''. Some of his early novels such as ''Orbital Decay'' and ''Lunar Descent'' were about blue-collar workers working on future construction projects in space. Since 1992, he has tended to focus on stand-alone projects and short stories, although he has wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam-Troy Castro
__NOTOC__ Adam-Troy Castro is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer living in Wildwood, Florida. He has more than one hundred stories to his credit and has been nominated for numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Stoker. These stories include four ''Spider-Man'' novels, including the Sinister Six trilogy, and stories involving characters of Andrea Cort, Ernst Vossoff, and Karl Nimmitz. Castro is also known for his Gustav Gloom series of middle-school novels and has also authored a reference book on ''The Amazing Race''. Awards and nominations Castro's fiction has been nominated for eight Nebulas, two Hugos, two Seiuns, the World Fantasy Award, and three Stokers. In 2007, Castro and Jerry Oltion won the Seiun Award for Best Foreign Language Short Story of the Year for "The Astronaut from Wyoming." In 2009, Castro won the Philip K. Dick Award for ''Emissaries from the Dead.'' "The Ten Things She Said While Dying: An Annotation" was nominated for the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Coleman Finlay
Charles Coleman Finlay (born July 1, 1964 in New York City, NY) is an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor. He grew up in Marysville, Ohio and attended Ohio State University. His first story, ''Footnotes'', was published in 2001 in Fantasy and Science Fiction where many of his stories have since been published. He has published four novels and a short story collection. His fiction has been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the Sidewise Award, and in 2003 he was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He also wrote chapters for the "hoax-novel" Atlanta Nights. Finlay guest edited the July/August 2014 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. In January 2015, Finlay was named the 9th editor of ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' and served in that role until the January/February 2021 issue. In 2021, he won a World Fantasy Award for his work editing the magazine. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Finch
Sheila Finch (born 1935) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. She is best known for her sequence of stories about the Guild of Xenolinguists. Biography Sheila Finch was born in London, UK, 29 October 1935. She attended Bishop Otter College (now Chichester University) from 1954–56, then taught for a year (1956-1957) in a primary school in Hackney, London. Following her marriage to Clare Grill Rayner in 1957 (divorced 1980), she emigrated to the US and completed her BA in English Literature at Indiana University in 1959, followed by an MA in linguistics and medieval history in 1962. She has three daughters. From 1963-1967, when the family lived in San Luis Obispo, she taught part-time at Cuesta College and began publishing poetry. The family moved to Long Beach, California in 1967. Sheila taught creative writing and science fiction at El Camino College, from 1970- 2005. The family relocated for two years to Munich, Germany in the 1970s, where Sheila studied G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
