Fairy Fictions; San Fran Authors; Strange Apocalypses

Graham Joyce, author of The Silent Land, chose his top 10 fairy fictions for the Guardian. "In these fictions, magical and impossible content tends to be offered in a more naturalistic mode of storytelling," he wrote. "The effect for the reader is that of riding a shuttle between natural skepticism and open credulity."

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CBS-5 recommended "4 must-read San Francisco authors," noting that "these writers reflect the diversity of the Bay Area and its literary traditions." Speaking of those traditions, Flavorwire posted "Allen Ginsberg's suggested reading list."

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Nuclear war, zombies and alien attacks aside, Flavorwire noted that there "are many more--and many stranger--ways that our planet could be destroyed," and offered "10 of the strangest apocalypses in literature."

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Mental Floss found "11 authors who hated the movie versions of their books."

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