The Advanced Review Copy, or ARC as it is called in the trade, is a book that has been released in advanced of the public release for review purposes. Usually they are sent to well known and established reviewers who the publisher feels will give the book the best coverage before it is actually released [...]

And you thought your neighbours were murder. I found this book on an empty shelf (second hand I might add) last year while visiting a book warehouse near my college. It didn’t appeal to me at first, mainly as I had some authors and titles already in mind, but something about it appealed to me. [...]

Genre: Science Fantasy Basic Plot: When Lessa awakes with a feeling of dread early one morning, she had no idea that her life would change so drastically. With the dreaded Red Star getting closer to the planet, there were only a few who believed that the hungry Threads would fall onto Pern and devour all [...]

With the recent release of the film of the 2006 Cormac McCarthy novel, I find it appropriate to review the original source material. The novel is experimental in its manner and is set in the not too distant apocalyptic future. The world is severely damaged by pollution. The land is devoid of plant growth and [...]

I took some time this holiday season to actually sit down and read some fiction. These days, my normal fair is textbooks and non-fiction, but I long for the days when the text books are done and I can wander through the fiction books without guilt. The Club Dumas is the book upon which the [...]

You’ve just finished writing a new poem or a chapter of a story you’re particularly proud of at three in the morning. What do you do next? a) Sleep on it. I’ll revise it in the morning when I’m not tired. b) Go to bed and see if I can get some feedback from people [...]

Today’s post is a short one, partially because I’m an overworked student who has a Dissertation to hand in tomorrow morning, but also because I couldn’t let such a milestone go by without saying something about it. My WordPress Dashboard told me this morning, that Inspired-Quill has officially surpassed the ’1,000 visitors over the last [...]

Genre: Science Fiction Basic Plot: As one of the newest and most subtle of the Crystal Singers, Killashandra was sent by the guild to the planet Optheria in order to repair the famous crystal organ. With a smooth start, the assignment ought to have been easy credit for her…until she suddenly found herself kidnapped and [...]

Author: Irene Elliot (Based on a novel by Anne McCaffrey) Genre: Play Plot Outline: This play tells the story of a young girl’s struggle to continue doing what she loves, even against the wishes of her parents. Menolly runs away from home and the oppressive life in order to continue playing music and find her [...]

So, thus far in my previous article, we touched upon the topic of people not reading because they have no time to do so. We also managed to denounce that particular myth. It does however, leave us with a problem. Why don’t people read as much as they used to? Well, fifty years ago there [...]