There is an almost exact parallel to this aspect of the picaresque novel in contemporary fiction: the recurring story of the young man who begins in poor circumstances and climbs vertically through ...

There are many different types of fiction genres, but they all have one thing in common: that the stories are made up. If these ducks were in a mystery story, then there might be a crime for a ...

“Fiction gives us empathy; it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gifts of seeing the world through their eyes,” according to Neil Gaiman, an unusually prolific, imaginative and ...

It can be said that there are two types of fiction writers - those who take a backseat and let their work take the spotlight, and those who are as iconic as their work, sometimes even more so. But ...

Within the sci-fi and fantasy genres, there are many great TV shows that blend elements of both types of fiction, appealing to fans of all kinds. HBO is well known for housing and producing some of ...