Worlds Without End: Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Books Terry Bisson sub rosa Cold Drank | Innovative, soulful essays and short fiction that explore popular culture and politics. Internet Public Library: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), or You Are Not Alone (Maybe) Example Questions That Can Be Answered Using This FAQ I’ve heard there are only 7 (or 5, 20, 36…) basic plots (or themes) in all of literature. What are they? People often say that there are only a certain number of basic plots in all of literature, and that any story is really just a variation on these plots. Depending on how detailed they want to make a "basic" plot, different writers have offered a variety of solutions. Here are some of the ones we’ve found: 1 Plot | 3 Plots | 7 Plots | 20 Plots | 36 Plots 1 Plot: Attempts to find the number of basic plots in literature cannot be resolved any more tightly than to describe a single basic plot. 3 Plots: Foster-Harris. "’Type A, happy ending’"; Foster-Harris argues that the "Type A" pattern results when the central character (which he calls the "I-nitial" character) makes a sacrifice (a decision that seems logically "wrong") for the sake of another 7 Plots 7 basic plots as remembered from second grade by IPL volunteer librarian Jessamyn West:
Science-fiction classics that have rewired your brain - Image 3 Image 3 of 8 Tunes from Mars Taking a completely different attitude to Martians, Raymond Taylor's marching tune A Signal from Mars is jaunty in the extreme. Published in 1901, the piece became immensely popular but has little to do with its title. Observant readers may notice that the piece was arranged by E. (Image: British Library Board)
Cory Doctorow's craphound.com Book Me… Flannery O'Connor: Comforts of Home, The Flannery O'Connor World Adventure Writing Month ‘08 How to write a bestselling dystopian thriller Junot Díaz So Many Books About Orwell Welcome to the Orwell Prize’s library of works about George Orwell and his work (and a few things about the Prize), consisting of material exclusive to this site and links to external sites. We’ll continue to add to the library, so please get in touch if you find any good work about Orwell online. Articles and videos are arranged in alphabetical order, by author, after a link to University College London’s Orwell Archive. Orwell Archive, UCL David Aaronovitch 1984: George Orwell’s road to dystopia (BBC News Magazine) Marina Rémy Abrunhosa Face-to-face encounters in Orwell’s early works (video) Akala Doublethink: Interview Noel Annan Artist in politics (New York Review of Books, £) Andrew Anthony Orwell: the Observer years (The Observer) Stephen Armstrong Back on the road to Wigan Pier: politics and poverty in the UK Timothy Garton Ash Margaret Atwood John Banville Good man, bad world (New York Review of Books, £) Julian Barnes Such, such was Eric Blair (New York Review of Books) Stephen Bates John Baxendale