Here's an article over on NPR.org talking about why one young woman thought the hero of Dune was a perfectly good transitional hero -- because instead of being trapped in whining, like the hero of Catcher in the Rye, for example, Paul adaptedI think that was a major point for me, the reason that I haven't gotten back to a lot of so-called literary ( Read more... )

If you're a reader, or a writer, you should visit with Ursula K. Le Guin today over at Book View Cafe's updated web blog. She's writing about Story -- essentially as a force of nature. Some individuals dismiss story as mere tripe while Plot is the big gun. Oh, no, LeGuin suggests -- story is not a succession of unconnected events, shaped by the ( Read more... )