Author

How has your idea of home changed over the years? Author Manav Kaul (Kunal Patil/ Hindustan Times) The memory of home is so interesting. I live in a fictional world because I write fiction. I am more excited by memories of home and its people than the physical place itself. When I visit the places where I grew up or the places from where I started a career in theatre, I am often disappointed because the memory of those places is so much bigger. In that sense, I carry my home with me. Hindustan Times - your…

In Vienna, every second building looks like it was built for a king, the waiters who serve your coffee wear tuxedos, and public transport is not just efficient and cheap, the council pays musicians to play Mozart in the carriages. But in the stories of Serbian author Barbi Marković, set in the Austrian city and its surroundings, there’s something not quite right about the place.In Minihorror, the 44-year-old’s very strange and very addictive short story collection, horrifying things lurk behind splendid baroque facades. A…

Photo: Mat Hayward/FilmMagic (Getty Images)Earlier this year, author Ernst Cline announced that his company would be launching a metaverse company. What made this deeply ironic was that Cline famously wrote Ready Player One, the popular science fiction novel about a dystopia where people escape the harsh realities of their world by plugging into a metaverse-like gaming environment. Now, as our own world gets increasingly dystopian, Cline’s company has teased the first gaming experience that will allow you to tune all…

Image Source : REUTERS Nvidia Nvidia, whose chips are powering artificial intelligence, has been sued by three authors who stated that it used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform. Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian and Stewart O'Nan said their works were part of a dataset of about 196,640 books that helped train NeMo to simulate…

NEW YORK (AP) — Children's writer Kate DiCamillo is known for beloved stories like “The Tale of Despereaux” and “Because of Winn-Dixie,” about kids and animals trying to navigate the world and make emotional connections. Her trademarks include a strong voice, humor, and a tinge of sadness. HT Image But her latest book, “Ferris” is a departure, and a surprise even for DiCamillo — the story of a happy family. Hindustan Times - your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. "People have opened their hearts to…

If Kara Swisher’s new memoir, Burn Book, doubles as a history of the internet and its often jarring impact on our lives over the past three decades, it’s only natural. As she was establishing herself as an uncommonly well-sourced journalist, the online world was about to take off: The rise of AOL, followed by its disastrous merger with Time Warner, was among the dramatic arcs she chronicled early on.Since then, Swisher has been the most entrepreneurial of reporters, both in the doggedness of her work and the ever-evolving…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe son of Dune author Frank Herbert has given his verdict on the new film adaptation Dune: Part Two.Directed by Denis Villenueve, the film is the second half of a a two-part adaptation of Herbert’s original Dune novel.Reviews for Part Two were published earlier this week, with the film earning a positively glowing 97 per cent positive score on the review aggregator website Rotten…

There are plenty of upcoming book adaptations and some could be more challenging to produce than others. That's especially true when translating an epic science fiction novel like Frank Herbert's magnum opus, Dune. David Lynch's 1984 attempt highlighted this fact, but Denis Villeneuve's first attempt, 2021's Dune, was critically acclaimed upon its release. However, Villeneuve stated that the second installment would be more ambitious. Now, the second part is nearly here, and based on the Rotten Tomatoes score, the movie…

Continue reading... Continue reading... FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials, please contact us by email – [email protected]. The content will be deleted within 24 hours.

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) has referred itself to the Charity Commission after an open letter urging it to do so was signed by leading authors including Ian McEwan and Alan Hollinghurst.The RSL, a charity which elects fellows based on literary merit, has been subject to criticism over recent months, including questions over changes to the way that fellows are elected, and the recent postponement of its annual magazine Review. Former editor Maggie Fergusson told the Times that the issue was pulled from print due…