Word: fictions
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...season. CEO Jamie Kellner defends the network's focus: "You have to be able to define yourself, like any good brand, so when you see the logo, you can taste it." But clearly the network has felt pressure; the teen-alien drama Roswell has upped its focus on science fiction to stand out. "One thing the WB wanted us to do less of," says creator Jason Katims, "was scenes in the school, because there are so many shows on the air where you see high school or college hallways...
...read about victims? After a while you want to read about people as human beings. Then their victimization seems all the more egregious," says Sacco. "I'm interested in the little things, like what people still care about when they've been deprived of everything: jeans, lipstick, Pulp Fiction, what's happening...
...about that.) One minute you have perfectly normal roommates, and the next they've vanished to travel the world with a cappella's Krokodiloes, plan cultural fairs for the Asian American Association, the largest group on campus or dress up as stags for the midnight rituals of the Science Fiction Association...
...Bellow responds, "I'm sorry to see you getting me on this particular track because I don't want to be on it." All that he will say, without mentioning Bloom by name, is, "He said, 'I trust you to write this. I know it's going to be fiction.' He said, 'I'd like you to do this...
...love and admiration that Chick lavishes on Ravelstein, he also notes some of their deep disagreements on fundamental matters. Ravelstein, the brilliant teacher of classical philosophy and political theory, thinks Chick's artistic temperament as a writer of fiction represents a refusal to grow up and grapple with the real world of public affairs: "Either you continue to live in epiphanies or you shake them off and take up trades and tasks, you adopt rational principles and concern yourself with society, or politics." Chick responds, "His severity did me good," but adds, "I had no intention, however, of removing...