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...fanatic. Fan as in fancier. Fan as in fantasy lover. Forrest J Ackerman, who died Thursday at 92 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, was all these things and many more: literary agent for such science fiction authors as Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, A.E. van Vogt, Curt Siodmak and L. Ron Hubbard; actor and talisman in more than 50 films (The Howling, Beverly Hills Cop III, Amazon Women on the Moon); editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and creator of the Vampirella comic book franchise. But each of these trades was an exponent of his educated ardor...
...years ago, when Khaled Hosseini began writing fiction in earnest, he was reluctant to give up his day job as an internist in California. "I thought it completely outlandish and unattainable, the idea of becoming a writer," says Afghan-born Hosseini. Even after his first book, The Kite Runner, became an international publishing phenomenon in 2003 (6 million copies in print in the U.S. and 18 million worldwide) and a critically acclaimed film, he still found it hard to imagine that his writing career would last. "For a year and a half after its publication, I refused to believe that...
...significantly easier. But that may be because I still haven't absorbed all the wisdom Rowling has to offer. For example, I still find it hard to resign myself to the reality that this may be the last fresh taste of the Potterverse we ever get, outside of fan fiction. In fact you could read the last story, "Three Brothers," not just as a fable about learning how to let go of life, but also about learning how to let go of Rowling's tantalizing, addictive, ecstatic wizarding world. It's not easy. Willingly or unwillingly, we all have...
...It’s amazing how a looming deadline will unfreeze you. Terror is a great loosener.”Three years after serving as the National Poet, Lewis has returned to university life as a Radcliffe Institute Fellow to continue her education as a poet, non-fiction writer, and thinker. Lewis, who studied as a graduate student at Harvard from 1982-1983, originally wanted to return to the University to work on an epic poem titled “A Hospital Odyssey.” But she found herself embarking upon her position as the Mildred Londa Weisman Fellow...
...film Twilight [Dec. 1]. I felt certain that any movie version of the book would be hokey, and TIME's review of the film confirmed my fears. I take exception, though, to Richard Corliss's apparent condemnation of the source material. I have been reading fantasy and science fiction for more than two decades. Stephenie Meyer's best-selling series (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn) is captivating and original, with an audience that goes far beyond pubescent girls. It would be unfortunate if those who have not yet read the books were discouraged from doing...