![]() ![]() ![]() When I’d told her what happened, she made me promise to make you take it back.” He held it out. When we boarded the Tokugawa, Delilah knew she was not coming back.” Heinrich held out a Grimnoir ring. The Fade smiled as he sat down on the remains of the landing gear. His face was nearly as grey as his ripped up coat. “I never figured she’d keep that promise!” Lance limped up the ramp, laughing as he went. ![]() In that case that crazy Okie probably saved the whole world. “Hell, from what I heard, she maybe did in the Chairman. I’ve heard of Actives putting themselves in a coma, using too much Power,” Lance was concerned. “Just thought you’d want to know, Faye’s still out.” He opened his eyes to see Lance Talon and Heinrich Koenig standing over him. Most men would still be incoherent with pain, but he was used to it. Jane had Mended him, but he could still feel the wounds. After the pilot had left, Sullivan closed his eyes and went back to resting under the shade of the Tempest’s broken wing. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He offers insights into and exacting critiques on such writers as Vladimir Nabokov, John Updike, Saul Bellow, and John Cheever, while addressing his personal influences and delivering broad-ranging observations on literary culture.Īnd in On Moral Fiction, John Gardner’s thesis is “True art is by its nature moral.” Since the book’s first publication, the passion behind Gardner’s assertion has both provoked and inspired readers. Gardner criticizes some for writing disingenuous fiction, and commends others who produce literature that acts as a life-affirming force. In On Writers & Writing, acclaimed novelist John Gardner discusses the craft of fiction writing, taking to task some of his best-known contemporaries in the process. ![]() ![]() Drawn from his two decades of experience in creative writing, Gardner balances his compassion for his students with his knowledge of the publishing industry, and truthfully relates his experiences of the hardships that lie ahead for aspiring authors. In On Becoming a Novelist, John Gardner advises the aspiring fiction author on such topics as the value of creative writing workshops, the developmental stages of literary growth, and the inevitable experience of writer’s block. Three books in one Advice and reflections on modern fiction from “one of the greatest creative writing teachers we’ve ever had” (Frederick Busch). ![]() ![]() ![]() Its deep, saturated hues and distinctive ornamental borders (found on only one other copy) contrast with the lighter, paler colors of editions printed three decades earlier. Blake produced only twenty-four copies of the combined volume this page comes from one of the last, prepared about 1825 for the painter and printmaker Edward Calvert (1799–1883). Published during the height of the Terror, the French Revolution left its mark on the second book. The pastoral poems in Innocence express religious faith and acceptance, and exhibit fine detail and flowing lines the bardic verses in Experience, by contrast, convey disillusionment and anger, and employ bolder outlines. Innocence and Experience contrast human existence, before and after the Fall. Although its small, colorful format recalls a children's book, its message is sophisticated and complex. ![]() Blake originally produced this small, richly illustrated collection of short lyric verses as two separate books, in 17, then combined them into a single volume in the latter year. One of Blake's best-known verses, "The Tyger," comes from the Songs of Innocence and of Experience. ![]() |