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Scarlet is a 2013 young adult science fiction novel written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary Feiwel & Friends.It is the second novel in The Lunar Chronicles series and the sequel to Cinder.
The First Men in the Moon by the English author H. G. Wells is a scientific romance, originally serialised in The Strand Magazine and The Cosmopolitan from November 1900 to June 1901 and published in hardcover in 1901. [2] Wells called it one of his "fantastic stories". [3]
Andrei Platonovich Platonov (Russian: Андре́й Плато́нович Плато́нов, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej plɐˈtonəvʲɪtɕ plɐˈtonəf]; né Klimentov [Климе́нтов]; 28 August [O.S. 16 August] 1899 [1] – 5 January 1951) was a Soviet Russian novelist, short story writer, philosopher, playwright, and poet.
The Luminaries is a 2013 novel by Eleanor Catton. [2] Set in New Zealand's South Island in 1866, the novel follows Walter Moody, a prospector who travels to the West Coast settlement of Hokitika to make his fortune on the goldfields.
Ellis finished writing the novel in the summer of 2004. [7] Ellis said the book was an homage to Stephen King and the comic books he loved as a child. [7]Ellis told the Manchester Evening News that the Terby "is based on a Furby but also there was this bird-like doll that my older sister had and I wrote a short story about it when I was 7 or 8.
As the book progresses, the narrative shifts from third to the first person voice of the old man. Several sections show the perspective of the master and of the mastiff. Notable characteristics of the author's writing style include terse, choppy sentences, detailed metaphors, and uneven chapter length. The story is told without the use of dialogue.
According to Meyer, the book is about losing true love. [12] The title refers to the darkest phase of the lunar cycle, indicating that New Moon is about the darkest time of protagonist Bella Swan's life. [13] Meyer wrote the book before Twilight was published. Writing the book was difficult for Meyer as she feared the readers' reaction to the ...
It is the third novel in The Lunar Chronicles series and the sequel to Scarlet. It is followed by the fourth novel in the series, titled Winter. The story is loosely based on the fairy tale of "Rapunzel", similar to its predecessors Cinder and Scarlet which were loosely based on "Cinderella" and "Little Red Riding Hood" respectively. [2]