Morrison looked into Douglass’ soul and found the human within the legend.
Hope shows off his worldbuilding chops in this action-packed space romp that grapples with the conundrum of mortality.
To read this spectacular book is to feel lucky that we, too, get to be propelled along with Kristen and Ville—two wild and kindred spirits…and what a joyous ride it is.
For readers who prefer madcap to claptrap, quixotic pranks to neurotic angst, Poe Ballantine is a literary tonic: Bittersweet, potent, and peculiarly entertaining.
California Calling split my heart open and reminded me how much immigrations matter, how much we all carry the traces of other worlds.
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Robots Are People, Too: On the Ways Writers Use Non-Human Characters to Tell Human Stories:
Allegories, Companions, Advisor, Otherworldly, and Outsiders, by Daniel Hope for Lit Hub
“The rise of chatbots like ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude has revived old debates about just how human a machine can be. When it comes to the capabilities of these current tools, the answer is simple (spoiler: they’re not), but in the world of...Forward
Thank you to John Scalzi for including Daniel Hope on The Big Idea!
“When I was young, I sympathized with the robots I found in books and movies. Like them, I didn’t fully understand the humans around me, and I found that most of the time I was replicating the emotions and reactions of others rather than...Forward
LA Times Studios features Sidney Morrison, author of Frederick Douglass: A Novel (Juneteenth 2024)
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After Sidney Morrison became a teacher at a Torrance high school, he learned that the school had a tradition of having a “slave day” auction where students would bid on other students to serve them for a day. That...Forward
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