Devil in the Details

Why Is 'Talented Amateur Historian' Leon Day Obsessed With the Death of Ambrose Bierce?

"...not a lawyer." Bierce wrote the first Civil War fiction that "included the terror and put the glory in..."

May 17, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

All the World SA Stage

The Debut of the International Theater Festival at San Antonio

"...Zero (Germany) Interactive theatre proponent Uwe Mengel stages this mystery starting with the lifeless body of a woman in..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Celebrity Reviews

"...Brothers, won the 1997 Violet Crown Award for best fiction and his second novel, The Empty Quarter, is due..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

The Fifth Element

Besson's smart editing and sly sense of humor keep this science-fiction epic from bogging down. Despite a grim storyline, the film never takes itself too seriously.

"...Summer ’97 has arrived and it's a French science fiction epic, no less. Granted, the French are far better..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dead Women Owned His Soul

An Interview with James Ellroy

"...known because that's the way it is in noir fiction. He should have known it like Robert Mitchum knew..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Originator, Not the Imitator

My Lunch With Anna Quindlen

"...about violence in marriage which has been on the fiction bestseller list since its debut. So you can imagine..."

March 27, 1998 Books Feature by Marion Winik

The Waiting Is the Hardest Part

How Mr. Denton Spent His Summer Vacation

"...Although he's a perennial participant at the annual science fiction and fantasy literary convention, he'll occupy a much higher..."

July 31, 1998 Books Feature by Mike Shea

Top Books

Hard-Boiled Top Ten

"...Gets the Blues by Steve Oliver. In his first mystery novel, Oliver has delivered a stunning debut that stars..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...Guests run the gamut from fiction writers such as Texas literary treasure Sandra Cisneros (she's..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Heavyweights of fiction? Check. Besides the previously mentioned DeLillo, who will discuss..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Slash, a humorous dive into the realm of fan fiction. Boyishly handsome Austin native Ethan Hawke has two films..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Days of Future Past

The history of Salvage Vanguard Theater's unlikely sci-fi success, The Intergalactic Nemesis

"...to make matters stranger, it's a work of science fiction, a genre whose stage successes can pretty much be..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Recent and Anticipated Texas

From 'Panic' to 'Andrew Jackson'

"...FICTIONPanic by Jeff Abbott (Dutton, $23.95): The Austinite and three-time..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

Homegrown Don Quixotes

Austin writer Neal Barrett Jr.'s latest mind-over-matter comic thriller, Interstate Dreams, "has an oddly disorienting effect," Chronicle reviewer Mike Shea writes.

"...reputation for shunning the mundane in favor of a fictional world that is, if not better, at least a..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Books Feature by Mike Shea

Amassing Awards

"...Pick for Young Adults, a Christopher Award for Juvenile Fiction, a Publishers Weekly bestseller, a Riverbank Review Children's Book..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Books Feature

Why I Read ...

"...Columnist and author Molly Ivins: I think extraordinary in fiction [is] a ... book called The Poisonwood Bible by..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Screamlines

"...by the name of Bram Stoker published Dracula, a fictionalized account of Vlad the Impaler, a 15th--century Wallachian prince..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Murder Most Female

Austin Author and Edgar Nominee Susan Wade

"...as an excellent writer of short fantasy and horror fiction in the Eighties, Wade was intimidated by the prospect..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

Postscripts

"...will discuss their experiences in the competitive market of mystery writing at the Austin Writers' League meeting. Writers include..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Books Column

Post Scripts

"...will discuss their experiences in the competitive market of mystery writing at the Austin Writers' League meeting. Writers include..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Books Column

Webb on the Web

Don Webb: Surreal but Awake

"...Austin for many years, producing unique works of short fiction usually categorized as horror, fantasy, or science fiction, or..."

July 31, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Litera

Lectures, Classes, Misc.

"...NERVE COWBOY is accepting submissions of poetry, short fiction (up to five pages), and black-and-white artwork for issue..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus

Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...the conclusion was the same: A live version of Mystery Science Theater 3000 didn't sound like a good time...."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Can Tom Zigal Really Say That?

"The truth is, I didn't know a thing about the world of mystery writers and crime publishing," Tom Zigal, the author of three mystery novels, says. Chronicle writer Dick Holland discovers why Zigal might say such a thing and why it may not matter in light of Pariah, Zigal's new installment in the Kurt Muller mystery series.

"...Goldie Hawn," Zigal asserts). But the idea for a mystery novel set in Aspen, with its radically opposed factions..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...promotional giveaways for this one), the all-star superhero spoof Mystery Men, the teen picture American Pie, and at least..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Lone Star State of Mind

Neal Barrett Jr.'s characters, clues, and unparalleled career

"...as Author Emeritus by his peers of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America...."

June 7, 2013 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Soundtracking unknown worlds with sci-fi instrumentation

"...Science-fiction soundtracks are a special breed, disproportionately represented in lists..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Short Third-Degree Sessions

Jesse Sublett gets personal with four of Bouchercon 2002's featured authors.

"...participating writer or just a reader who loves crime fiction, you can't do better than the Bouchercon for enjoying..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Sleeping With Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety

"...and parallel universes, Jesus walking on water (second-century science fiction), Mormonism's golden tablets (19th-century science fiction), Scientology's clears (20th-century..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Books Review by Ric Williams

In the Slipstream: An FC2 Reader

"...The art of fiction, in this country, has often depended on the heroic..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Review by Roger Gathman

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