In a blog post entitled “Me and Science Fiction: Genre Fiction,” (posted on 9/16/13 on Strange Horizons website), Eleanor Arnason takes issue with Arthur Krystal’s October 2012 piece in the New Yorker magazine entitled “It’s Genre: Not That There’s Anything Wrong With It“. Arthur Krystal’s central point is that what separates literary from genre fiction […]
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Shining review of In the Game
Here’s what reviewer Joymarie had to say about my latest novel, In the Game: “Because he is really into his work and he invites you, by his marvelous prose, to travel with him and Jake down a road of mystery, murder and investigative sleuthing. Mr. Pollak just seems to have a tight grip on each […]
Best reads of 2013 & books I’m looking forward to reading in 2014
I won’t try to rank them, so here are the 11 best books I read in 2013: Geraldine Brooks: March: Published in 2005, this story explores how the civil war impacted people who tried to make a difference. Michael Chabon, Telegraph Avenue: If you love exquisite writing, you’ll love Chabon’s latest. Pat Conroy, South of […]
How Not To Make New Year’s Resolutions & My Writing Goals for 2014
By Peter Pollak on December 24, 2013 in blog, Book Reviews, Book Selling, Book Stores, Fiction, In the Game, Last Stop on Desolation Ridge, Peter G. Pollak, Self-Publishing, Writing and Editing
If you missed my past blog posts on this theme, I hope you’ll give this one a read. The problem with most resolutions is that they’re typically open-ended. “I resolve to lose weight in 2014.” That kind of resolution is doomed to fail because it lacks a target and a time period. Better is: “I […]
The Game of Life and How It’s Played: A Review of Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding
Jonathan Franzen is quoted on the dust jacket of Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding as saying “First novels this complete and consuming come along very, very seldom.” High praise from other writers can be found on the book’s Amazon page. I had to give the book five stars even though I would have liked […]