Word: fictionalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wise and civilized tradition of so much of English fiction, the setting is a vast country house; this convention ensures a large cast of eccentrics untroubled by middle-class worries about where the next case of Mouton-Rothschild is coming from. Credulity about miracle cures ripens among these Blimps and boozers. It is up to Wallace, whose sanity is battered but intact, to thread his way through his hangover and puzzle out a non-paranormal explanation. As he does, he rages entertainingly at a glorious array of targets, generally returning to the furies of sex. Wallace's discerning view...
...Shakespeare artfully conveyed the drama of the paradigm, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle brought it to life in the character of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes's paradigms were broad, deep, convincing. They forged fiction into reality for thousands of believers who will tell you that the great sleuth lives on at 223B Baker Street, puffing on his paradigms. Why not? It only goes to show that one person's paradigm is another's world...
...at12:40, 3:30, 6:45 and 9:45 p.m. "Highlander 3" at2:15 p.m. "Mouth of Madness" at 2, 4:10, 6:15,8:30 and 10:45 P.M. "Jerky Boys" at 2:30, 5:30,8:15, and 10:25 p.m. "Higher Learning" at 9:15p.m. "Pulp Fiction...
Original Sin, P.D. (Phyllis Dorothy) James' fourteenth novel, marks a return to mystery after the author's latest foray into straight fiction with The Children of Men. Commander Adam Dalgliesh, of New Scotland Yard, directs the investigation of a series of publishing house murders, untangling a twisted skein of death, suicide and deceit. Or is it really Detective Inspectors Daniel Aaron and Kate Miskin who do the footwork on this case? Why is Dalgliesh always away at meetings? James reacts strongly to any such queries...
...must answer."You know, I feel some responsibility in terms ofthe kinds of roles that I choose, the kinds offilms that I choose." Instead of answering, shegoes on for a while, even telling us about thedebate she and her husband got into with theirfriends about the movie "Pulp Fiction." On that,she concedes: "It's one of my favorite movies.Now, do I know what it's about? Nooooo... Youknow, is it violent? Yeeessss... Um, did I loveit? Yeah! I really liked it, and I liked it morethe second time through, once I knew kind of whatwas coming up. The first...