3 votes for "Best American Short Stories of 2007"

I looked for more info about your story and couldn't find anything (yet) but what I found is that apparently, several states have been producing "choose life" license plates against abortion for years, raising money for pro-life groups. Florida is one of the states involved. This might be ...

Ralph: The author you are mentioning is Anne Perry, and the movie about those events is called "Heavenly Creatures". It's a creepy and eerily moving movie... definitely a surprise when I rented it, as I didn't know it was based on a true story. The movie is from New Zealand, I believe, bu...

I really loved Miss Potter , and it also reminded me a lot of Finding Neverland Next on my watching list is Becoming Jane , about Jane Austen: I hope they haven't romanticized her life too much... Has anyone seen it? About Love actually , I must say that I was quite disappointed by this one. I was e...

I haven't read the thread yet, but I am answering to Ophelia's question, asked in another topic, since it relates to this topic: I don't know enough about these authors to comment, but I'll take the opportunity to say hello, Marie. It's good to see you're finding your way around the forum. President...

Carl Sagan believed in other forms of intelligent life in the universe. The SETI program aims to detect radio signals from space. Unsuccessful so far to record anything significant, but who knows? I would like to think that there is intelligent life elsewhere...

Constance963 wrote:

Why wrote: I do have my own opinion/theory that this is predominantly a "guy thing"

Unfortunately it isn't.

No, I confirm, it isn't... Though in my experience we women find it uncomfortable quicker than men do!

Ralphinlaos: Ian Rankin is Scottish, his novels feature Inspector John Rebus, and are based in Edinburgh. It is a bit early for me to recommend him since I have not yet finished reading The Falls , and haven't yet read any other novel by him. However, he is considered as one of the best new detectiv...

I am thinking about Temptation , by Douglas Kennedy, about David Armitage, a screenplay writer who becomes famous almost overnight, and then is accused of plagiarism... The Job , also by Douglas Kennedy, would fit your request to. It is about a magasine advertising salesman, who climbs the social la...

Memoirs of a Geisha is a really fascinating novel, I have read it twice...

Right now I am reading a detective fiction: The Falls, by Ian Rankin. I had never read any Rankin novels before and I am enjoying it, the plot is complex and intriguing...