Journey to an island, shrouded in mystery and dark magic... THE MATEGUAS ISLAND SERIES...multi-award-winning American Gothic Fiction! Book I - MATEGUAS ISLAND, A NOVEL OF TERROR AND SUSPENSE Book II - RETURN TO MATEGUAS ISLAND, A TALE OF SUPERNATURAL SUSPENSE Book III - GHOSTS OF MATEGUAS, A MATEGUAS ISLAND NOVEL What could be more idyllic than to live on an island off the coast of Maine? That's what Bill Andersen thought when he moved his family to Mateguas. But Mateguas is more than just…
Becoming a successful author can be quite difficult, but forty-one-year-old Sara Shepard has done just that, and more. I am writing this report to introduce you to Sara Shepard, telling you about her life, and talk about some of her most successful literary works. I chose Sara Shepard because I have read all sixteen novels of her Pretty Little Liars series, along with her three companion novels. The Pretty Little Liars series was developed into a television program on what used to be ABC…
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The Heroes of Olympus is a series of novels that are a sequel to the Olympians and Percy Jackson series of novels by American author Rick Riordan. The series of novels is a combination of fantasy and mythological elements that make for some of the most entertaining mish mash of narratives. The novels are made up of narratives that describe the conflict between Roman and Greek demigods and the earth goddess, Gaea. The novels have a lot of Roma mythological elements in addition to several…
Have you've ever been into certain fan bases for a certain franchise that loves to talk about a lot of the aspects of it as general? Out of all the franchises that have huge fan bases, there are two science fiction franchises that are pretty similar but share some differences which are Star Wars and Star Trek. These are two Space Operas that involve some action pack adventures and a lot of exploration throughout the cosmos. Fans will also talk about how both of them are different. For example,…
Science fiction for children is a form of fantasy literature that takes real science and extrapolates the science to form fantasy stories. Science fiction teaches students how real science ideas work but tweaks it so that it does not become real. Back when society carried boom boxes and radios to listen to music around the house on the way to the beach, when nobody could peacefully listen to music because they had headphones that weighed a lot. A writer by the name of Ray Bradbury introduced a…
A lot of people think science fiction writers try to predict the future in their stories. But to be honest predicting the future is very difficult. They try to combine many things together to get that image on how it will affect the characters in their stories. There to be many things that they can imagine. They can imagine good features where disease and hunger were exposed at. They can also imagine about future things like how poverty is even more widespread than it is today. But how will…
At first, I did not expect much of The Handmaid’s Tale. Bearing the word “Tale” in its title, I initially thought the book would be a simple fantasy novel, far from reality, but I was wrong. The Handmaid’s Tale was one of the only fiction books that got me thinking about real life. The situations addressed in the book are not as far-fetched as they seem and I learned a lot about the fictional gloomy future it presents. Aside from what the author presents to the reader, the way the author…
Star Wars: A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller If the reader is a Star Wars lover, and loves the television show Star Wars Rebels, then the reader will love this book. Star Wars: A New Dawn is a science fiction action packed book full of adventure, friendship, and sacrifice. It was written by John Jackson Miller to create backstory for the characters on the ongoing television show, Star Wars Rebels. This book is an amazing read that will explore the extent of how brutal the Galactic…
Time Traveler’s Wife is a movie that is based on a book by the author Audrey Niffenegger. The genre of it is romance and science fiction. A romance is a work in which the plot centers around a love relationship. The definition of science fiction is fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets. It’s romance because of the relationship between Henry and Claire.…