If it's (a certain book) not being used, that's a pretty good indicator. Fiction generally has a shorter shelf life than nonfiction, though if, for instance, we have the last copy of 'Tom Sawyer' I don't care if it hasn't been checked our for five years, we're not getting rid of it.
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Detective fiction is an extremely moral genre, dealing with the strongest violation of the moral contract
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I wanted to use the Internet because while fact and fiction are so easily manipulated and blurred, it has also become an ubiquitous and supposedly reliable source for information.
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We hope that this verdict will go a long way in dispelling this 18-month science fiction argument that they used.
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In fiction, you're always looking for conflict, and the salesman is seen as this rootless person.. Who has the style and ability to enter any community to make the sale. But the salesman is not there to put down roots. He's there to use the community, which implies fraud and seduction.
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What I do now is I write fiction. I ground my fiction in the reality of a place called Los Angeles.
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Bellow is a very important writer for me, and the summer I spent reading him in Germany sparked my desire to dabble in fiction myself. So I'm especially excited to be recognized for my tribute to the late, great Mr. B.
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It's amazing to sit at a table with people who are idols of mine,.. I mean, God bless, Barry Hannah was at that table. I've been trying to do a Barry Hannah imitation in fiction forever. I can't do it.
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Hemingway's short fiction is what changed American literature
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There is plenty of historical evidence to show courts are more than willing to believe the police over a black defendant. It is not the stuff of fiction; there is almost a presumption when dealing with police witnesses, that they must be telling the truth, and it makes the work of defending criminal defendants harder.
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But it's a useful way of increasing sales and drawing attention to literary fiction, which is no bad thing.
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Something that seemed to be a real trend this summer was the disproportionate strength of non-fiction to fiction
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I don't read fiction at all.
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Mailer is a genius. He's the one I most connect with in terms of fiction his range is so wide. That's the sort of boldness I aspire to.
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Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.
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It's really comprehensive. I wasn't familiar with early science fiction. It's cool to see the roots of sci-fi.
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The movie is fiction,.. We'd like to keep it that way.
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That argument enters into the equation of fiction and prevents the real judgment of character.
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Writing fiction, there are no limits to what you write as long as it increases the value of the paper you are writing on.
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Between those two we need gradual increases of complexity and achievements to keep the public interest, to keep the funding, to keep the political support going. We've gone to the Moon, we've stopped doing that; now commercial people are doing it. Who knows? Maybe we will get technology from other sources; something I have written about in my days of writing science fiction.
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Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards, and aims of the urban masses. In one way or another, everyone is equal before these cultural machines; like technology itself, the mass media are nearly universal in their incidence and appeal. They are a kind of common denominator, a kind of scheme for pre-scheduled, mass emotions.
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I thought nobody in his right mind was going to publish a book for kids by me -- not if they've read my adult fiction
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'Night' is not a fiction title and we are in the process of updating our database so that the title is not classified as such.
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It is just a really great fiction series that caught the imagination of the nation. And now others are getting on board and want a piece of its success.
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We are thrilled to be working with the Halo property, as it's proven to be an international sensation since its very inception. And being that I am an avid Halo fan, this creative synergy in the graphic fiction medium makes it all the more thrilling.
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