[This book invites you to] join [the author] on a ... journey back in time when imaginative young writers speculated about ray guns, hairy submen, and seemingly impossible scientific feats such as space flight to the moon and human organ transplantation. These "pioneers of wonde…
"146" Result
Sort By:
"Through detailed research and exclusive interviews, Eric Leif Davin takes readers back to the 1920s and 1930s, when Hugo Gernsback, the "father of science fiction," founded the world's first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. Davin recaptures the "sense of wonder" that …
"Through detailed research and exclusive interviews, Eric Leif Davin takes readers back to the 1920s and 1930s, when Hugo Gernsback, the "father of science fiction," founded the world's first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. Davin recaptures the "sense of wonder" that …
Introduction /by David Streitfeld --The gift of place /interview by the 10 Point 5 Editorial Collective, Spring 1977 --Naming magic /interview by Dorothy Gilbert, California Quarterly, no. 13/14, February 1996 --"There is more than one way to see" /interview by George Wickes and…
"Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words." 'Ursula K. Le Guin When she began writing in the 1960s, Ursula K. Le Guin was as much of a literary outsider as one can be: a woman writing in a landscape dominated by men, a science fiction and…
When she began writing in the 1960s, Ursula K. Le Guin was as much of a literary outsider as one can be: a woman writing in a landscape dominated by men, a science fiction and fantasy author in an era that dismissed "genre" literature as unserious, and a westerner living far fro…
From the Publisher: In the field of science fiction, the work of Philip K. Dick is unparalleled. His novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, became the classic science-fiction film Blade Runner, and his short story, "The Minority Report," was adapted for the screen by Steve…
Six months before his death in 1982, Gwen Lee recorded the first of several in-depth discussions with Philip K Dick, discussions which continued over the course of three months. The subjects touched upon include the specifics of his writing process, his reaction to the scenes an…
During the 1980s and 1990s, the Resource Institute, headed by Jonathan White, held a series of "floating seminars" aboard a sixty-five-foot schooner featuring leading thinkers and artists from a broad array of disciplines. Over a period of ten years, White conducted interviews w…
"On-the-water interviews with thirteen writers, scientists, conservationists, and artists connecting nature to the creative process"--
During the 1980s and 1990s, the Resource Institute, headed by Jonathan White, held a series of "floating seminars" aboard a sixty-five-foot schooner featuring leading thinkers and artists from a broad array of disciplines. Over a period of ten years, White conducted interviews w…
"Conversations with Edmund White brings together twenty-one interviews with an author known for chronicling gay culture. Ranging from a 1982 discussion of his early works to a new and unpublished interview conducted in 2016, these interviews highlight White's predilections, his …
"Conversations with Edmund White brings together twenty-one interviews with an author known for chronicling gay culture. Ranging from a 1982 discussion of his early works to a new and unpublished interview conducted in 2016, these interviews highlight White's predilections, his …
To any and all aficionados of Mozart, Beethoven, and every composer in between, Ted Libbey presents The NPR listener's encyclopedia of classical music.
Conversations with Capote
by Michener, James A., (James Albert), Grobel, Lawrence, Capote, Truman
fromNAL books
0
Type: Book
Recorded between July 16, 1982, and August 25, 1984, when Truman Capote died, these unexpurgated interviews cover a wide range of territory, including Capote's views on his life, his personal demons, his homosexuality, his bout with drugs and alcohol, and his rich and famous fri…
Conversations with William Maxwell collects thirty-eight interviews, public speeches, and remarks that span five decades of the esteemed novelist and New Yorker editor's career. The interviews collectively address the entirety of Maxwell's literary work--with in-depth discussion…
