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The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry, set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. In the novel, the society has taken away pain and strife by converting to "Sameness", a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. In ...
Denis Johnson was born on July 1, 1949, in Munich, West Germany. [1] Growing up, he also lived in the Philippines, Japan, and the suburbs of Washington, D.C. [5] [6] His father, Alfred Johnson, worked for the State Department as a liaison between the USIA and the CIA.
Herman Wouk (/ w oʊ k / WOHK; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author.He published fifteen novels, many of them historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
The Nazi book burnings horrified Ray Bradbury and inspired him to write Fahrenheit 451. The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), formed in 1938 to investigate American citizens and organizations suspected of having communist ties, held hearings in 1947 to investigate alleged communist influence in Hollywood movie-making. [17]
In a tweet from July 2024, Drew Daniel of electronic music duo Matmos described a fictional music genre he encountered in a dream entitled "hit em". Recounted to him by a nondescript woman in the dream, the genre is a type of electronic music "with super crunched out sounds" in a 5/4 time signature with a tempo of 212 beats per minute.
Train Dreams is a novella by Denis Johnson. It was published on August 30, 2011, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux . [ 2 ] It was originally published, in slightly different form, in the Summer 2002 issue of The Paris Review .
Neil Richard Gaiman [3] was born on 10 November 1960 [4] in Portchester, Hampshire. [5] Gaiman's family is of Polish-Jewish and other Ashkenazi origins. [6] His great-grandfather emigrated to England from Antwerp before 1914 [7] and his grandfather settled in Portsmouth and established a chain of grocery stores, changing the family name from Chaiman to Gaiman. [8]
The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first serialized in the American science fiction magazine Amazing Stories.It received nominations for the 1972 Hugo [1] and the 1971 Nebula Award, [2] and won the Locus Award for Best Novel in 1972. [1]