Novel: Guide to the Galaxy Author: Douglas Adams Genre: Parody; Fiction Douglas Adams who was born in Cambridge, England in 1952 wrote "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" which was published in 1979. Adams was creative child who began his writing career by creating comedy sketches during his education at John's College in his hometown. ...
In addition to being one of the most famous people in america, Stephen King has used his talents and imagination to bring fame and recognition to the Horror Fiction genre in the world of serious literature, making millions in the process. ... Hyde and when he was around seven Stephen began writing horror stories of his own. ... In school he was always writing or in a book, and his teachers said that his writing abilities outstrip the other students by far. ... King quit his job teaching to concentrate on his writing. ... King is famous worldwide for his talents and love of writing. ...
Two short science fiction novellas that demonstrate good work of writing include the adventure, A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury, and Nethergrave by Gloria Skurzynski. ... Science Fiction is definitely a challenging genre to write and think through but both of the novels demonstrate it so simply it almosts seems easy....
Wells believed in the idea of a utopian world, but his writing never actually reached a point where he was able to show us a utopian society. ... (Zangwil 487) Hillegas repeatedly applauds Wells" mastery in the novel and attributes the whole genre of time travel in Science fiction to H.G. ... Hillegas also points out that Wells" science fiction drove the advent of a new form of imagination and creation in writing where the utopian idea is attacked and ridiculed and is shown to be impossible....
Other books in this genre include Gulliver's Travels, The Swiss Family Robinson, Coral Island, Robinson Crusoe, and High Wind in Jamaica. ... Golding remembered saying to his wife before writing the novel: 'Wouldn't it be good to write a book about real boys on an island, showing what a mess they'd make?' ... He was writing shortly after the second of two world wars in under forty years. ...
His writing style conveyed throughout the novel is significantly articulate and intellectual, however, he is a zombie with no knowledge or understanding. ... As the narrative, R effectively voices himself in comparison to other books I have heard of in the same genre. This novel is effective in comparison to other novels in a similar genre or on a similar theme. ...
Indeed, when I informed people that I was writing a critical essay on Stephen King the most common response was laughter. ... Firstly, the horror genre is King's main (but not exclusive) area of writing, and it is one which people absolutely adore. ... His writing is subtle enough to make one believe in things that other horror writers of lesser powers simply cannot. ... He has had a long writing career, spanning four decades and taking him from a mechanical typewriter balanced on his knees in the laundry room of a caravan to a summerhouse on a lake in his beloved Maine (similar to "Sara ...
The book Valis, written by Philip K. Dick, is a hard book to put into a genre. It is part science fiction, part religion, part philosophy, and part autobiography. Dick took used elements of each to create a truly unique novel about a schizophrenic man's decent into insanity, the irrationality of t...
