Author: Benjamin Percy
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555979548
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Bold new essays on how to craft a thrilling read--in any genre--from the bestselling author of The Dead Lands Anyone familiar with the meteoric rise of Benjamin Percy's career will surely have noticed a certain shift: After writing two short-story collections and a literary novel, he delivered the werewolf thriller Red Moon and the postapocalyptic epic The Dead Lands. Now, in his first book of nonfiction, Percy challenges the notion that literary and genre fiction are somehow mutually exclusive. The title essay is an ode to the kinds of books that make many readers fall in love with fiction: science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, horror, from J.R.R. Tolkien to Anne Rice, Ursula K. Le Guin to Stephen King. Percy's own academic experience banished many of these writers in the name of what is "literary" and what is "genre." Then he discovered Michael Chabon, Aimee Bender, Cormac McCarthy, Margaret Atwood, and others who employ techniques of genre fiction while remaining literary writers. In fifteen essays on the craft of fiction, Percy looks to disparate sources such as Jaws, Blood Meridian, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to discover how contemporary writers engage issues of plot, suspense, momentum, and the speculative, as well as character, setting, and dialogue. An urgent and entertaining missive on craft, Thrill Me brims with Percy's distinctive blend of anecdotes, advice, and close reading, all in the service of one dictum: Thrill the reader.
Thrill Me
Author: Benjamin Percy
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555979548
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Bold new essays on how to craft a thrilling read--in any genre--from the bestselling author of The Dead Lands Anyone familiar with the meteoric rise of Benjamin Percy's career will surely have noticed a certain shift: After writing two short-story collections and a literary novel, he delivered the werewolf thriller Red Moon and the postapocalyptic epic The Dead Lands. Now, in his first book of nonfiction, Percy challenges the notion that literary and genre fiction are somehow mutually exclusive. The title essay is an ode to the kinds of books that make many readers fall in love with fiction: science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, horror, from J.R.R. Tolkien to Anne Rice, Ursula K. Le Guin to Stephen King. Percy's own academic experience banished many of these writers in the name of what is "literary" and what is "genre." Then he discovered Michael Chabon, Aimee Bender, Cormac McCarthy, Margaret Atwood, and others who employ techniques of genre fiction while remaining literary writers. In fifteen essays on the craft of fiction, Percy looks to disparate sources such as Jaws, Blood Meridian, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to discover how contemporary writers engage issues of plot, suspense, momentum, and the speculative, as well as character, setting, and dialogue. An urgent and entertaining missive on craft, Thrill Me brims with Percy's distinctive blend of anecdotes, advice, and close reading, all in the service of one dictum: Thrill the reader.
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555979548
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Bold new essays on how to craft a thrilling read--in any genre--from the bestselling author of The Dead Lands Anyone familiar with the meteoric rise of Benjamin Percy's career will surely have noticed a certain shift: After writing two short-story collections and a literary novel, he delivered the werewolf thriller Red Moon and the postapocalyptic epic The Dead Lands. Now, in his first book of nonfiction, Percy challenges the notion that literary and genre fiction are somehow mutually exclusive. The title essay is an ode to the kinds of books that make many readers fall in love with fiction: science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, horror, from J.R.R. Tolkien to Anne Rice, Ursula K. Le Guin to Stephen King. Percy's own academic experience banished many of these writers in the name of what is "literary" and what is "genre." Then he discovered Michael Chabon, Aimee Bender, Cormac McCarthy, Margaret Atwood, and others who employ techniques of genre fiction while remaining literary writers. In fifteen essays on the craft of fiction, Percy looks to disparate sources such as Jaws, Blood Meridian, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to discover how contemporary writers engage issues of plot, suspense, momentum, and the speculative, as well as character, setting, and dialogue. An urgent and entertaining missive on craft, Thrill Me brims with Percy's distinctive blend of anecdotes, advice, and close reading, all in the service of one dictum: Thrill the reader.
Our Wild Indians
Author: Richard Irving Dodge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apache Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apache Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Exciting Personal Experiences
Author: Marshall Everett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Riding Tall in the Saddle
Author: Angel Vigil
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN: 1563089025
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Deeply rooted in American culture, lore, and history, cowboys have shaped the imagination of generations of Americans—young and old. Presenting the development of cowboy and cattle culture from the days of Spanish colonial vaqueros to the days of the trail-drive cowboy, well-known writer and storyteller Angel Vigil shares the facts behind the myths of the American cowboy. Abundantly illustrated with photos and drawings, the book is organized into six broad thematic categories and uses a question-and-answer format to present the information. Packed with fascinating details and sources for further research, the book fills a gap in educational resources about cowboys as it is geared specifically toward upper elementary and middle school students.
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN: 1563089025
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Deeply rooted in American culture, lore, and history, cowboys have shaped the imagination of generations of Americans—young and old. Presenting the development of cowboy and cattle culture from the days of Spanish colonial vaqueros to the days of the trail-drive cowboy, well-known writer and storyteller Angel Vigil shares the facts behind the myths of the American cowboy. Abundantly illustrated with photos and drawings, the book is organized into six broad thematic categories and uses a question-and-answer format to present the information. Packed with fascinating details and sources for further research, the book fills a gap in educational resources about cowboys as it is geared specifically toward upper elementary and middle school students.
A Thrilling Narrative of the Minnesota Massacre and the Sioux War of 1862-63
Author: Alonzo P. Connolly
Publisher:
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Category : Birch Coulee, Battle of, Minn., 1862
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birch Coulee, Battle of, Minn., 1862
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Personal Experiences in Life's Journey
Author: Constance Elise Schack Gracie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
American Widow
Author: Alissa R. Torres
Publisher: Villard Books
ISBN: 0345500695
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of Alissa Torres, whose husband was killed in the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, and her legal and psychological battles over his death.
Publisher: Villard Books
ISBN: 0345500695
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of Alissa Torres, whose husband was killed in the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, and her legal and psychological battles over his death.
Author:
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385434912
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385434912
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men of the Great-West
Author: Richard-Jrving Dodge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
My Story of the War
Author: Mary Ashton Livermore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flags
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flags
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description