Steve Benner

"Stonegnome"
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Location: Lancaster, UK
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Me? I'm not of interest. My book is out of print; my music is performed but not published... But to find out about lots that has, just visit the Stonegnome's Comparative Discography [stonegnome.info] where music is viewed in a different (coloured) light...

 

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Top Reviewer Ranking: 582 - Total Helpful Votes: 1834 of 2169
The First (Prequel to The Returned - Book 1) by Jason Mott
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
"The First" is a pre-release, advertising teaser for "The Returned", the début novel of American author, Jason Mott. This short, single-chapter vignette presents a tantalising prelude to the events of the full story, setting the scene and giving a good feel for the "main feature", scheduled for release in September 2013. Similar additional samples are also scheduled for "drip-feed" release on the first day of each month leading up to the main publication date: "The Sparrow", in July and "The Choice", in… Read more
The Returned by Jason Mott
The Returned by Jason Mott
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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"The Returned" is the début novel of American author, Jason Mott. It is a strange work, exploring the likely effects and consequences of the dead returning en masse from the grave -- not in the horror genre sense of zombie apocalypse, but as hordes of people mysteriously cured of death itself and somehow restored to life and with the expectation, therefore, of picking up their previously terminated existences. Sensibly, the author steers clear of any attempt to present any explanations of how this global phenomenon might have come about, concentrating instead on the purely pragmatic, emotional and social consequences of its occurrence. The emphasis throughout is on individual,… Read more
Into The Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story by John Yorke
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John Yorke's "Into The Woods: A Five Act Journey into Story" is an excellent book for anyone interested in narrative theory, or wanting an understanding of the power and purpose of stories and storytelling. Those who see this treatise on story structure as a formulation of a script-writing template for successful film and TV stories not only miss its point, they also do the author a grave disservice.

Yorke's starting point is an analysis of dramatic form in which he extends Christopher Booker's "The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories" by showing that even Booker's seven can essentially be collapsed down into one… Read more

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