Writings Posts

  A British-born writer, Douglas Adams, was one of the well-known authors and the most talented individual.  Besides authoring many books, Adams also played guitar and learned to play piano.  Read more about Douglas Adams and his life. Adams is one of the first authors who own Apple computer.  He was intrigued by the new technology and it understood what it could bring to our...

Many people love reading short stories.  Short stories are easy to absorb and some of the readers are looking for just something to relax their minds for a short time.  Short stories not only make it easy and fun for children, but also adults as well. If you like to write, you can start out by learning how to write short stories.  You can also use the same story with a different en...

H.G. Wells is well-known for his non-fiction writings and science fiction novels.  Visit http://www.readingscififantasy.com/2008/12/10/science-fiction-is-hg-wells.html to find his books and DVDs. One of the most popular movies, The Time Machine (2002), was based on his novel with the same title.  Born Herbert George Wells in 1866, Wells injured his leg when he was 8 years old and had to...

A novelist, Anne Perry was born Juliet Hulmes in the year 1938 in England.  As a child, she was ill a lot and her parents sent her away to live with relatives.  Read more about Anne Perry and her story at http://www.imysteryread.com/blog/2009/04/09/who-is-anne-perry.html. Anne published her first book when she was 41 years old in 1979, title “The Cater Street Hangman“, followed by many ...

Born in 1947, Thomas Perry received his PhD in English Literature from University of Rochester in 1974.  In 2002, one of his novels, Persuit, won Gumshoe Award’s “Best First Novel” for popular crime fiction.  Read more about Thomas Perry and his novels at http://www.imysteryread.com/blog/2009/03/26/thomas-perry.html. Thomas Perry has published a total of 17 novels since 1982.  Amon...

H.G. Wells has many talents.  Wells is a well-known writer for scientific fiction and non-fiction, his first non-fiction bestseller, Anticipations was written in 1901.  Wells had also made a prediction that that another world war would happen in year 1940, and that proved to be right.  Star Trek’s Wink of an Eye episode was inspired by one of Well’s short stories, “The New Accel...