Tag: Fiction

A couple of years ago a friend (and fellow novelist) joined Ninja Writers, my online writing school. He wanted to participate in one of our feedback workshops. Basically — in these workshops everyone brings some of their work. They take turns reading out loud and getting feedback from the o...

The science fiction series Silo on Apple TV+ is an adaptation of Hugh Howey’s series of Wool books. While the enemy in the series is a shadowy government that hides secrets, Season 1, Episode 3 of the series featured something frightening to many softwar...

The world sometimes feels like it’s divided in half by two types of readers. Those who favour fiction, or those who crave the solidity of nonfiction. And then you get those in-between readers who like to try and read a bit of both. I’m simultaneously fascinated and appalled by the wor...

I see people every day posting pictures on social media with their success stories and holding a piece of rock, a.k.a. award. A rock that gives them a sense of achievement elevates their status in society, fuels their fame, and makes them prominent among rest of the corporate honchos. A rock that em...

In February, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot offered a controversial explanation for the explosion in carjackings that has plagued her city since mid-2020: Remote learning, Lightfoot alleged, had made juvenile carjackers out of bored youth. “A lot of parents went to work during the d...

Lewis let out a groan without moving his lips. More of a grunt, really. His camera was on, but he was muted. It was past eight in the evening on a Friday, and his meeting would not end. The client prattled on and on about how wonderful their product would be for his business, but he was scrolling th...

Welcome to the next instalment of my series looking at the ancient mythological gods and how they compare to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Mithras is yet another popular ancient god that people like to compare with Jesus and make wild claims about, proposing that they are the same deiti...

Then, Science said, “Let us make life for no particular reason, and in total chaos, and make evolution as a side process.” And it was so… Science, Biology, and Physics looked at everything they had created and said, “Let us make Mankind out of the blob, and let him be as ...

The Extraordinary Technologies of the Future Explore the Unknown As we take a step into an era that pushes the boundaries of imagination, advancements in technology continue to profoundly transform our lives. The extraordinary technologies of the future are opening new horizons for humanity. H...

Elizabeth Zott: A Catalyst for Change She’s not just a character; she’s a full-blown reaction waiting to happen. Elizabeth breaks stereotypes like a pipette breaks under too much pressure. Her journey? It’s more unpredictable than a chemical reaction gone awry. A Concoction o...

There are a lot of ideas and concepts which play specific role in Nabokov’s texts and it is impossible to outline all the multifaceted ideas and theories which were crucial for him in one post. But still it might be helpful to know that Nabokov had a special attitude to patterns, combinatio...