![]() ![]() Forbes Dennis brought out Fleming’s aptitude for languages and introduced him to literature, while his wife encouraged him to write his first stories.” (Oxford DNB). Having left Sandhurst without obtaining a commission, Fleming “was sent to ‘sort himself out’ at a quasi-finishing school for men in Kitzbühel … There, while skiing and climbing mountains, he came under the benevolent tutelage of Ernan Forbes Dennis, a former British spy turned educationalist, and his wife, Phyllis Bottome, an established novelist. ![]() Arnold and Fleming studied together at the Tennerhof School in Kitzbühel, Austria, and it was there that both made their first forays into story-writing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Ralph, We have now both reduced our remainders by one copy! Ian.” With a note of explanation by the recipient underneath, “I having told Ian, from the depths of my publishing experience, that he would be lucky if he made £200 out of this, his first thriller!! R.A.” The recipient Ralph Arnold was a novelist, historical writer and publisher who joined Constable in 1936 and was chairman from 1958 to 1962. First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. ![]()
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![]() He said if I told Al my problems, “it’ll only make things worse - you know Al. Clearly he was worried about my talking to Pacino, whom he knew I was close to creatively. ![]() Here’s Oliver Stone, recalling that fateful screening.īregman invited me to see a “rough cut” of Scarface but warned me that I should talk to him first, right afterwards. Stone eventually reunited with Pacino, this time as a director, in the adrenalized but surprisingly affectionate Any Given Sunday, another Miami-set tale of machismo, greed, and desperation. ![]() ![]() And soon after he made another Al Capone-indebted gangster epic (one that got more initial respect than Scarface ), The Untouchables. De Palma’s next film after Scarface was Body Double, another very ’80s, freakishly watchable film that wasn’t an immediate success but has earned a ravenous cult following. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Andrew begins his gentle tutelage, he finds himself falling under the spell of Lysandra's innocent charms. When Vivien asks him to spend one month training a young woman in the ways of a mistress, his mind resists.but his body responds with an ache he thought long dead. For years, Viscount Andrew Callis has lived a monastic existence at his country estate, hardening his body against the snobbish, lazy young man he once was, hardening his heart against grief over the deaths of his wife and infant son. With her small savings bleeding away, she swallows her pride-and her terror-and turns to Vivien Manning, an infamous courtesan, to match her with a wealthy protector. Her father is dead, her mother is ill, and her efforts to find respectable employment have ended in failure. Learn the secrets of the Mistress Matchmaker in the first of this historical romance series from 10 time USA Today Bestselling author Jess Michaels Lysandra Keates is running out of options. ![]() ![]() ![]() Moreover, "simulacron" is closely derivative of simulacrum, a superficial image representing a non-existent original. Symbolically, the title term "Simulacron-3" refers to the just-built virtual reality simulator and ostensibly references a third attempt at "simulectronics" (the reality-simulating technology), however, the "3" also refers to the novel’s three levels of "reality," or three levels of computer simulation - if the final, "real" world is simulated. As time and events unwind, he progressively grasps that his own world likely is not “real” and might be only a computer-generated simulation. The protagonist, Douglas Hall, is with Lynch when he vanishes, and Hall subsequently struggles to suppress his inchoate madness. The simulator’s lead scientist, Hannon Fuller, dies mysteriously, and a co-worker, Morton Lynch, vanishes. The computer-generated city simulation is so well-programmed, that, although the inhabitants have their own consciousness, they are unaware, except for one, that they are only electronic impulses in a computer. Simulacron 3 is the story of a virtual city (total environment simulator) for marketing research, developed by a scientist to reduce the need for opinion polls. Galouye, is an American science fiction novel featuring an early literary description of virtual reality. Simulacron-3 (1964) (also published as Counterfeit World), by Daniel F. ![]() ![]() ![]() The film was extraordinarily popular, and it does not refer to the Californian. ![]() And I think much of the reason for this is the James Cameron film ‘Titanic’. We know now that the ‘shipboard celebration’ thesis cannot be true, but this shows that even as an eight year old I was grappling with the mystery of ‘why didn’t the Californian go?’Īlthough ‘the Californian incident’ is very well known – and, indeed, very controversial – in Titanic circles, it is less well known in the general population. Rockets were fired every five minutes but the Calafornian though that it was some sort of ship board celebration.’ “The wireless operator was sending SOS calls to the Calafornian which was only ten miles away but its wireless was shut down over one hour ago. Later, when I was in Grade 4, I wrote a story entitled ‘Titanic’s Disaster’, which has an intriguing couple of sentences on its second page: I watched ‘A Night to Remember’ with my grandmother when I was about 4 or 5, and that film shows (a little inaccurately) the key aspects of the Californian’s role. I watched ‘A Night to Remember’ with my grandmother when I was about 4 o …more I first learned about the Californian incident when I was a very young child. David Dyer I first learned about the Californian incident when I was a very young child. ![]() ![]() ![]() Worse, he beats Rosie, and comes across as having no love for animals. He is charismatic but bipolar (subtle echoes of Sophie’s Choice). ![]() At first, August and Marlena seem happily married, but Jake soon realizes that August’s charm can quickly turn to cruelty. ![]() Jake is soon in love, both with Marlena, an equestrienne married to the head animal trainer, August, and with Rosie, an elephant who understands only Polish (which Polish-American Jake conveniently speaks). This position allows Jake access to the various strata of circus society, from lowly crewmembers who seldom see actual money in their pay envelopes to the performers and managers who drink champagne and dress in evening wear for dinner. ![]() When the circus’s owner, Uncle Al, learns Jake’s educational background, he quickly hires him as the circus vet. Leaving school, he hops a train that happens to belong to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Jacob Jankowski, a retired veterinarian living out his days in an assisted-living facility, drifts in and out of his memories: Only days before graduating from vet school in 1931, young Jake learns his parents have died and left him penniless. Gruen ( Riding Lesson, not reviewed) brings to life the world of a Depression-era traveling circus. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It could be the remote past or future, or simply a-historical. A secondary world - A world whose connection with our present day world ranges from nominal to non-existent. ![]() And so on.Ĭommon features of the fantasy genre include: Religiously inspired works, like the Left Behind series, can have a basic good versus evil plotline that would fit well in High Fantasy, but few would place it there. The boundary with Science Fiction is notoriously ambiguous and the boundary with horror is often no less fuzzy. While the core of the fantasy genre is clear enough, there is no succinct definition that encompasses it all. Fantasy: it's stuff with magic in it, not counting Psychic Powers, or Magic from Technology, or anything meant to frighten, or Magical Realism, or anything strongly religious, or the technology behind the magic that is Magitek, or - where did that clean-cut definition go? ![]() ![]() Kate has been blamed for something Alicia has done (which is par for the course) and is exiled even further away, to the northernmost parts of England. Queen Mary is on the throne, and Lady Elizabeth (later to be Queen Elizabeth I) is exiled to a drafty English manor house with a few ladies in waiting, including Kate, who is intelligent and awkward, and her lovely but airheaded younger sister Alicia. In this 1974 Newbery Honor book, the Fairy Folk are an ancient and mysterious Druid-like people living in caves deep under the earth, and they are determined to make a human sacrifice on All Hallows Eve. (It also, by the way, leaves out the racier aspects of the Tam Lin story - the woman who saves her lover from the fairy queen is pregnant with his child- so this one's safe for the younger crowd, but still complex and intriguing enough for adult fantasy readers.) Well, The Perilous Gard is for readers who prefer a more traditional retelling of Tam Lin. ![]() ![]() I frequently sing the praises of Pamela Dean's version of Tam Lin, while knowing full well that that novel will only appeal to a limited subset of the fraction of readers who like fairy tale novelizations. ![]() Of the several Tam Lin retellings I've read, the classic YA novel The Perilous Gard is a standout. ![]() ![]() Relevant and insightful, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ![]() Written in his own words, this history-making autobiography is Martin Luther King: the mild-mannered, inquisitive child and student who chafed under and eventually rebelled against segregation the dedicated young minister who continually questioned the depths of his faith and the limits of his wisdom the loving husband and father who sought to balance his family's needs with those of a growing, nationwide movement and the reflective, world-famous leader who was fired by a vision of equality for people everywhere. brings to life a remarkable man whose thoughts and actions speak to our most burning contemporary issues and still inspire the desires, hopes, and dreams of us all. King's extraordinary life.īook Synopsis With knowledge, spirit, good humor, and passion, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ![]() About the Book Using Stanford University's voluminous collection of archival material, including previously unpublished writings, interviews, recordings, and correspondence, King scholar Clayborne Carson has constructed a remarkable first-person account of Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In his debut novel, Stamper crafts a sweet fish-out-of-water tale that also shrewdly explores the intersection between social class and modern media culture. When Cal meets Leon, a handsome brown-skinned gymnast and fellow astronaut’s son, he begins to hope that this unexpected journey might be a new beginning. Surrounded by picture-perfect NASA families, Cal worries that he and his parents are outclassed and out of their depth, especially since being part of a space-themed reality television show called Shooting Stars is part of the deal. Suddenly, Cal’s life is turned upside down, and he finds himself ensconced in a Houston, Texas, suburb far away from his beloved Brooklyn neighborhood and best friend, Deb. Meanwhile, his father, a commercial pilot, applied to become an astronaut for an upcoming NASA mission to Mars, but the chances of being chosen are one in a million.and then it happens. Gay romance goes interstellar in this quirky coming-of-age tale.Īfter extensive experience as a social media reporter, high school student Cal, an aspiring journalist, has his dream internship with Buzzfeed tantalizingly within reach. ![]() |