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Welcome to the home of literary discussion. We try to cater to all taste's here and try not to censor. Anger is permitted (and even encouraged) but not rudeness. If you think of a topic not already covered by the existing categories and boards, just drop us a line and let us know.
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General Discussion Feel free to talk about anything and everything in this board. |
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Last post by Grandmaster of Literature in Re: Being a reader on September 01, 2008, 08:31:05 AM |
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The publishing industry Takeovers, mergers, the growing power of Waterstones. The marginalization of mid-list writers. Have your say! |
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The audio book industry Would you pay more for a downloadable audiobook than for the paperback? Is there a big enough range of titles? Abridged or unabridged? Let's hear your opinion. |
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Action Adventure The chase, the hunt, the pursuit, the Big Job... these are the stuff of which Hollywood blockbusters are made! |
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Hardboiled Heroes A term invented by Dashiell Hammett, the "hardboiled detective" was further developed by Raymond Chandler, James Hadley Chase and Mickey Spillane. He is still around today in the writings of Elmore Leonard and even Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar (and is even more hardboiled sidekick "Win"). There are even hardboiled WOMEN investigators - God help us! |
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Police procedurals Whether it's Ed McBain's "87th Precinct," Georges Simenon's "Inspector Maigret" or John Creasey's "Inspector West" and "Gideon of the Yard" - the police procedural is a staple of those who thrive on the detective diet and a perenniel genre in the fertile fields of mystery fiction. |
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Legal Fiction No, not the proverbial "fictio juris" that keeps the wheels of the system going when reality threatens to grind them to a halt - I mean those wonderful courtroom, jury-room and law firm mysteries given to us by Erle Stanley Gardner, Scott Turow, John Grisham, Brad Melzer and David Kessler. |
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Techno-thrillers Michael Crichton is the father of this genre and Tom Clancy the son and heir. Even Dan Brown gets in on the act. |
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Last post by Grandmaster of Literature in Re: Clarification reques... on May 28, 2008, 06:41:52 AM |
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Historical thrillers Truth is the Daughter of Time - according to Josephine Tey, but time moves on relentlessly and so does history. Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael is perhaps the most famous examplar of this genre. This is the place for fans of this fascinating genre to have their say. |
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Don't forget the classics Starting with Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins, progressing through Arthur Conan-Doyle, Agatha Christie and John Buchan you still can't beat the good old classic detective story - or can you? Here's where we can debate the issue(s)... or just sing the praises of those pioneering works that launched a new style of fiction. |
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THRILLER REVIEWS Post reviews here or start discussion threads of thrillers advertised and sold through our affiliate authors and publishers. |
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Anything else In case we've missed out anything - and we probably have - this board provides a catch-all site for anything else to do with thrillers, mystery and crime, covered elsewhere in this section. |
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The Classics It is a truth universally accepted, that a genre that has stood the test of time must be in want of a discussion board. Moderator: Princess Turandot
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Last post by Grandmaster of Literature in Re: What is "Chick-LIt"? on August 22, 2008, 10:46:00 AM |
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Cinderella and the office The feminists would scream (if that wasn't such a girlie reaction) but for many young women in dead-end jobs, the dream of being saved from drudgery by some latterday Prince Charming is still the best hope of upward mobility - discuss! (Hate mail welcome.) Moderator: Princess Turandot
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Historical Romance Georgette Heyer invented the Regency Romance, Barbara Cartland claimed that her books are used to teach history in schools. But the past isn't what it used to be. Moderator: Princess Turandot
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English rose meets swarthy foreigner She's beautiful but bored with her comfortable, safe life back in Wembey Park. He's tall, dark, handsome and mysterious - the complete opposite of Kenny, whose idea of excitement is a fast-ride to Brighton on his moped. No wonder she finds this Mediterranean hunk so exciting. But is it really just booze and backy that he's smuggling? And who were those creepy men with guns? And what was really in those crates that he said contained nothing but water melons? Moderator: Princess Turandot
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CHICK-LIT REVIEWS Post reviews here or start discussion threads of Chick-lit books advertised and sold through our affiliate authors and publishers. |
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Any other business This is the free-for-all area. Go at it girls: scratching, pinching and pulling hair are permitted. Moderator: Princess Turandot
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The Final Frontier Was it Kennedy who first called it that or was it James T Kirk (or Gene Roddenbury) Anyway, this section is all about space - I mean the kind beyond Earth's atmosphere. |
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Social comment Sometimes science fiction is used as a tool for commenting on society. Utopia, dystopia and cornucopia. This is the place to discuss social science fiction. |
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Wars of the worlds Those little green men are out to get us. But Jaw-Jaw is better than war-war. So let's talk about it. |
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SCIENCE FICTION REVIEWS Post reviews here or start discussion threads of Science Fiction advertised and sold through our affiliate authors and publishers. |
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Anything I've missed The usual catch-all section -also known as the "cover your ass" school of Forum administration. |
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Magic, Gremlins, Goblins and Witches Need I saw more? Moderator: Princess Turandot
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| Child Boards: J K Rowling, J R R Tolkien, Philip Pullman | |||
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Poor little orphans "It all started when their parents were murdered - they were younger then." Thus began a short story by my brilliant younger sister. I couldn't have put it better myself. Moderator: Princess Turandot
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Adventure Time Famous Five? Secret Seven? Alex Rider, Ethan Blaine? It's all here. Moderator: Princess Turandot
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Those anthropomorphized animals Pooh Bear, Toad of Toad Hall, Gemima Puddleduck, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - we met them in childhood, but they'll be with us forever. Moderator: Princess Turandot
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School Daze Jennings, Billy Bunter and the writings of Angela Brazil - if only real-life school had been half as much fun! Moderator: Princess Turandot
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Children's classics The Railway Children, The Secret Garden, the Chronicles of Narnia and so many more... Moderator: Princess Turandot
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Last post by Grandmaster of Literature in Re: A children's classic... on August 22, 2008, 11:04:02 AM |
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CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEWS Post reviews here or start discussion threads of children's books advertised and sold through our affiliate authors and publishers. |
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Last post by Bookworm in Re: Inkheart - or, Is th... on August 21, 2008, 11:41:08 AM |
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The Classics Shakespeare, Dickins, Thackery, George Elliot (he was such a good writer!), Evelyn Waugh (she was a good writer too!) and all those other illustrious names from the past. |
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The Moderns You know, all those writers who get short-listed for the Booker Prize! |
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Foreign Literature Sartre, Victor Hugo, Goethe, Gunter Grass, Tolstoi, Dostoyevsky... |
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Investigative journalism Miscarriages of justice, corporate malfeasence, political shenanigans... extra! extra! read all about it! |
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History |
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Politics & International Affairs |
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Self-help |
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I'm a celebrity - please read about me! Do you KNOW who I am??????? I haven't actually accomplished anything in my life, but I'm well-groomed and foul mouthed and I'm sure I'm your favourite topic of conversation. |
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They F*** you up, your mum and dad Jake the Peg had a rotton childhood, Joan Crawford's daughter had a life made hell by "Mommie Dearest" and it sometimes seems as if we haven't moved on since the age of Charles Dickins. But some of these "abuse victims" have had their stories challenged by others. So who's telling the truth... |
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Last post by barleypeace in puh-lease! on May 27, 2008, 02:36:00 PM |
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NON-FICTION BOOK REVIEWS Post reviews here or start discussion threads of non-fiction books advertised and sold through our affiliate authors and publishers. |
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Writers seeking Actors (English) Writers seeking actors to record English language audiobooks, list your project here. You may include a sample, but you don't have to. |
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Writers seeking Actors (foreign) Writers seeking actors to record audiobooks in languages other than English, should list their projects here. You may include a sample, but you don't have to. |
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Writers seeking recording facilities If you're a writer and you're looking for recording facilities to do a good job recording your audiobook, this is the place to list it. |
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