I'm looking for an old science fiction novel about an evil, blue giant titled "The Blue Man" - the Google and Amazon search is poisoned by both The Blue Man Group, and a young-adult science fiction novel "The Blue Man" which isn't it at all. [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2008 - 3 answers 
Recommend a first Douglas Coupland novel, if you please. [more inside]
posted on Jun 11, 2008 - 45 answers
trying to remember a book about an urban teenager with acting/dramatic talent who moves to rural Oregon. He invents a gangster past history for himself to impress the local kids, who then take it upon themselves to become 'gangsta'. The title is something like 'And The Shadows Overtook Him', but Google does nothing. [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 2 answers
Who's written fiction within the last 5-10 years, that deals realistically with the experience of American people under 40? [more inside]
posted on Dec 14, 2007 - 26 answers
Book identification: Children's book for teens set shortly after World War III, set at least partly in the Welsh valleys. [more inside]
posted on Sep 3, 2007 - 4 answers
I’d like to read some fiction books where the heroine is intelligent, 40+ years old, not incredibly gorgeous or incredibly wealthy or incredibly famous, but with responsibilities (like teenage kids or a career), who has explicit & hot sex. Chick lit all grown up, you might say. [more inside]
posted on Jun 14, 2007 - 24 answers
FictionFilter: Family bookclub. We're convening in Woodstock at the end of August to discuss 3 books. Help me choose one of them. [more inside]
posted on May 22, 2007 - 17 answers
Is there a definitive resource on the web for finding literary agents who represent science fiction and fantasy? [more inside]
posted on Apr 6, 2007 - 13 answers
Is there a searchable site that details novel/fiction plots or storylines? (Important notes below.) [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2007 - 5 answers
Help me remember the name of a post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel i read as 10 years or so ago. [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2007 - 6 answers
How can I revive a dead novel? [more inside]
posted on Jan 22, 2007 - 19 answers
How can I find the agent of a particular author? [more inside]
posted on Nov 28, 2006 - 5 answers
Has anyone vastly improved -- or just changed -- someone else's already published writing by editing? [more inside]
posted on Aug 30, 2006 - 25 answers
Can you libel someone in fiction if you don't use their name? If I were to write a story based on a real murder, in which anyone from my home town would instantly recognize the source, can an acquitted murderer sue me? [more inside]
posted on Jul 27, 2006 - 18 answers
What's the most exciting novel you've ever read? I mean this in the simplest sense: an exciting plot. I'm looking for page-turners. Novels that keep you on the edge of your seat and refuse to let you sleep until you finish them. I'm looking for genre novels -- but I don't care what genres: Mystery, thriller, sci-fi, etc. (though sci-fi/fantasy has been done-to-death here, so I'm really more interested in other genres.) Oh, I care about words. So no matter how exciting, I'll quit reading if the prose is crappy. [more inside]
posted on May 25, 2006 - 148 answers
This should be an easy one. I'm trying to remember the title, and author, of a sci fi / cyberpunk novel I read a few years back. The book started in Galveston, Texas, then moved on to guys in the Caribbean running ecosystems on ships. I think it also involved an escape from Hong Kong on a ship, and later, jail in Mali. Oh and while you're at it, reccomend some lesser known books with a similar vibe, if you can.
posted on Mar 27, 2006 - 10 answers
