PaulineMorgan, Author at SFcrowsnest

The Gradual by Christopher Priest (book review).

Christopher Priest is a very stylish writer. Not only is he able to tell an enthralling story without the verbosity

There has long been a tradition of folk or fairy tales, particularly in European Culture. The sanitised stories that most

Modern writers of horror have a difficult problem. Gone are the days of sitting around a real fire in a

There are two ways of tackling a series of books involving the same group of characters. One method is to

There seems to be a current fashion for respected authors to change their habits and start writing books for younger

In the days before DVDs were common and eBooks were yet to be a figment of the imagination, the only

The majority of Science Fiction writers are usually content to populate the galaxy of their novels with standard star systems

I am in favour of writers taking risks and trying experiments with their writing. One of the best is Stephen

It is always refreshing to have novels set in places other than the USA or the UK. Keri Arthur sets

There is now a new kind of author: the hybrid. These are writers who have been published by mainstream publishers