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Women of a Certain Age
by ElizabethFisher on February 25, 2018I got fed up. My favorite fiction to curl up with has usually been a mix or urban fantasy and paranormal romance. Yet now after bingeing on the genre for a while, I find myself diversifying. Ye ... more
Analysis of 'Planet of the Apes'
by MawrGorshin on February 20, 2018Planet of the Apes is a science fiction franchise based on Pierre Boulle‘s 1963 novel, La Planète des Singes (‘The Planet of the Monkeys’). Boulle’s novel was meant as a satirical look at the ... more
Analysis of 'The Omen'
by MawrGorshin on February 20, 2018The Omen is a 1976 supernatural horror film written by David Seltzer (who also wrote the novelization), directed by Richard Donner, and starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, and Harvey Step ... more
Analysis of 'The Godfather'
by MawrGorshin on February 20, 2018The Godfather is a trilogy of films by Francis Ford Coppola, written by him and Mario Puzo, based on Puzo’s 1969 novel. As a trio of crime dramas, its depiction of the mafia is understood to symboli ... more
Analysis of 'American Psycho'
by MawrGorshin on February 20, 2018American Psycho is a satirical novel written by Bret Easton Ellis and published in 1991. It is an unreliable first person narrative, in the present tense, given by the main character, Patrick Bateman, ... more
Analysis of 'The Shining'
by MawrGorshin on February 20, 2018The Shining is a supernatural horror novel written by Stephen King and published in 1977. It was his third published novel, after Carrie and ‘Salem’s Lot. It was made into a film by Stanley Kubric ... more
Review and Analysis of 'Mayan Blue'
by MawrGorshin on February 20, 2018Mayan Blue is a horror novel written by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason, also known as the ‘Sisters of Slaughter’. As the novel’s title implies, it involves grisly rites of human sacrifice, as ... more
Analysis of 'Salem's Lot
by MawrGorshin on February 20, 2018‘Salem’s Lot is a vampire horror novel written by Stephen King and published in 1975. It’s his second novel, as well as his personal favourite of all of those he’s written. There have been two ... more
Analysis of 'Richard III'
by MawrGorshin on February 20, 2018Richard III, though called “The Tragedy of King Richard the third” in the First Quarto, is a history play written by William Shakespeare in the early 1590s. It’s the last play in a tetralogy on ... more
Competition
by johnhandful on February 09, 2018Would you like to be a character in a murder mystery novel. If you do, the purchase or download PAIN HAS A PERMANENT ADDRESS from Amazon, send me proof of purchase through social media, and you will ... more