Tag Archives: Readings In the Genre

Book Review: Jigsaw by Ed McBain

Apparently, I have some book reviews that I wrote during my last semester with Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction Master of Fine Arts program that I hadn’t posted. I found them while I was looking for some of my … Continue reading

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Book Review: My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart

The next book I read for my Readings in the Genre: Mystery Classics class for Seton Hill University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction was My Brother Michael (Mystery 238 pages) by Mary Stewart. My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

The next book I read for my Readings in the Genre: Mystery Classics class for Seton Hill University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction was The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. The Big Sleep has been the most enjoyable … Continue reading

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Book Review: the Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett

The next book I read for my Readings in the Genre: Mystery Classics class for Seton Hill University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction was The Glass Key (mystery 147 pages) by Dashiell Hammett. I have to admit … Continue reading

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Book Review: the Murder of Roger Akroyd by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Akroyd was a very different style of mystery than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles. While The Hound of the Baskervilles has a lot of build-up in order to get the … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

I have to admit that this is the first book I’ve ever read about Sherlock Holmes. I know that Sherlock Holmes is an extremely popular character and that the character shows up in a variety of movies and television shows … Continue reading

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Book Review: Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh

The last book for my Readings in the Genre: Science Fiction Classics class for my Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, was Downbelow Station (Science Fiction 426 pages) by C.J. Cherryh. … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Dispossessed by Ursula LeGuin

The next book for my Readings in the Genre: Science Fiction Classics for my Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University was the Dispossessed (Science Fiction 311 pages) by Ursula LeGuin. The first chapter showed immediate … Continue reading

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Book Review: Dune

The next book for my Readings in the Genre: Science Fiction Classics for my Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University was Dune (Science Fiction 511 pages) by Frank Herbert. This book is so massive that … Continue reading

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Book Review: the Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

The next book for my Readings in the Genre: Science Fiction Classics for my Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University was The Stars My Destination (Science Fiction 212 pages) by Alfred Bester. I was pleasantly … Continue reading

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