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![]() ![]() The family splits time between homes in Manhattan and Beverly Hills. Benioff married actress Amanda Peet in 2006 and they have three children together. The adapted series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO in 2011 and has won numerous awards, including 38 Primetime Emmy awards and a Peabody Award. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels for television in 2006. Weiss, with whom he began adapting George R.R. ![]() While studying in Dublin, Benioff met D.B. ![]() In addition to City of Thieves, his second novel, Benioff has written several screenplays including Troy (2004), The Kite Runner (2007), and most notably X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). It was later made into a film directed by Spike Lee. ![]() He completed his first novel, The 25th Hour, as his thesis at Irvine. He attended grad school twice, first at Trinity College Dublin in 1995 for Irish literature and then at UC Irvine for a MFA in creative writing. He held several odd jobs after graduation including a club bouncer in San Francisco and a high school English teacher and wrestling coach in Brooklyn, NY. He attended The Collegiate School and Dartmouth College, graduating in 1992. His family is Jewish and he is the youngest of three children. David Benioff was born and raised in New York City. ![]() ![]() So in this novel, he was following the axiomatic advice for authors, “Write about what you know.” His main weakness in much of his work, his disdain for research, is therefore largely moot here, while his main strengths –an ability to deliver adventurous plots and stirring depictions of action, creation of strong heroes who embody what are traditionally thought of as “masculine” virtues, moral clarity, and a masterful evocation of the theme of “primitivism” that can appeal to repressed and regimented readers– are undiminished. ![]() Though that was in Idaho, while this novel is set in Arizona, his knowledge of basic ranch life and Western conditions in the frontier era was firsthand and the descriptions here suggest that he had some personal familiarity with the landscape of the Southwest as well. ![]() Born in 1875, as a youth Burroughs actually spent time working as a cowboy on a 19th-century Western ranch owned by his brother. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Who knew it would spell the end of Earth? But when its trajectory got knocked off-course, it ended up headed straight for our planet. A delicious mix of dystopian fiction, Mexican folklore, and good old-fashioned high drama, this is the kind of science fiction that has the potential to lure in even those people that don’t usually indulge in futuristic fantastical imaginings. All this is to say that I probably should have been ready for the conjurings out of the brain of Donna Barba Higuera in The Last Cuentista but there’s something to be said for pleasant surprises too. We’ve seen recent strides in middle grade science fiction stories that include non-binary or queer characters, and more than a few have intersectional leanings (the Yoon Ha Lee’s Dragon Pearl comes immediately to mind). The sky’s the limit (a silly phrase in this case since a lot of these books go far beyond the sky but you get what I’m saying). That’s why it’s so silly when science fiction books for kids get all samey. All fine and good things but the whole point of the genre is to think up things that could be. ![]() Say the term “science fiction” and it conjures up images of robots and space rockets and the like. After all, the true joy of science fiction is its capacity for variety. The worst thing you can do to your dystopia is to let it grow stale. ** spoiler alert – Plot giveaways ahead ** ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Logan’s monologue just lingered on the same ideas he kept explaining his abilities over and over across issues. ![]() ![]() Do I need to tell you again? I’m Wolverine I can’t die, so there’s no point reading this because there is no possibility that I will be defeated because my name is Wolverine. I can heal myself because I am called Wolverine. My name is Wolverine and I have an adamantium skeleton. Have you got that? No? Okay I shall tell you again. Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman. Chris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.Ĭlaremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wells uses this format to preach to the reader just what his ideas of an ideal world would result in in terms of organization and justice.Ģ2nd century London is enclosed, massive, and disorganized. He has arrived when the people have just about had enough and rise up in revolt. We get a picture of this future and all that is wrong with it when Graham manages to get out and about. Turns out that Ostrog is just another power-hungry man fronting for the Sleeper while aggrandizing himself. Graham, the Sleeper, meets the man who has been ruling the world in his name for many years - Ostrog. He is known as "The Sleeper," and is worshiped as a saviour by the masses. ![]() He awakes two-hundred-three years later and discovers that he owns half the world through the miracle of compound interest on his investments. A young man - 30-years old - falls into a trance in Victorian England. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He died in 1870, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. Despite the scandal, Dickens remained a public figure, appearing often to read his fiction. A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1843. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836, and the couple had nine children before separating in 1858 when he began a long affair with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. His many books include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. What would Christmas be without A Christmas Carol? Charles Dickens’s famous ghost story is as much a part of the season as plum. Subsequent works were published serially in periodicals and cemented his reputation as a master of colorful characterization, and as a harsh critic of social evils and corrupt institutions. Without question, The Annotated Christmas Carol is the most authoritative and entertaining edition of Dickens classic ever produced. ![]() His first novel, The Pickwick Papers, made him a famous and popular author at the age of twenty-five. Later, he took jobs as an office boy and journalist before publishing essays and stories in the 1830s. A Christmas Carol In Prose Being A Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens. His happy early childhood was interrupted when his father was sent to debtors' prison, and young Dickens had to go to work in a factory at age twelve. DICKENS Original First Edition (Illustrated). ![]() Charles Dickens, perhaps the best British novelist of the Victorian era, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on February 7, 1812. ![]() ![]() If you’re looking for Enemies to Lovers, we recommend Crier’s War by Nina Varela, Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins, Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst and The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie. ![]() Massive thank you to Amy Lawrence Mads Liza for helping me and Amber recommend books, and thanks to everyone who suggested a trope. I think we all added several books to our TBRs, especially me! Anyway, I thought it would be fun to turn it into a quick blog post! – Sasha and Amber ![]() Hiya guys! A few weeks ago on Twitter, I (Sasha) asked people to tell me their favourite tropes and I’d recommend them a sapphic book! 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