tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post8009538456340857883..comments2023-09-05T05:36:02.930-06:00Comments on .: Where is my fictional non-fiction?Ysabeau Wilcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01684128551495819812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-53092131279085648932007-05-18T11:33:00.000-06:002007-05-18T11:33:00.000-06:00Dave Schwartz (he's got a book coming out in 2008)...Dave Schwartz (he's got a book coming out in 2008) is doing something <A HREF="http://snurri.livejournal.com/tag/secret+city" REL="nofollow">exactly like this on his blog</A>. <BR/><BR/>I love Calvino and Borges, and this hits exactly the same buttons for me. He's doing it in dribs and drabs, every once in a while, and the whole thing is gradually starting to coalesce. It rocks.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03949810539647518629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-16779671763650472632007-05-15T14:19:00.000-06:002007-05-15T14:19:00.000-06:00It just occurred to me that Philip Jose Farmer did...It just occurred to me that Philip Jose Farmer did something along these lines with his straight-faced "biographies" <I>Tarzan Alive</I> and <I>Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life.</I>Paul Witcoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12471607385211158481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-71757658581981822602007-05-14T15:48:00.000-06:002007-05-14T15:48:00.000-06:00Yes, Vandermeer definitely did a lot of this sort ...Yes, Vandermeer definitely did a lot of this sort of thing in the first Ambergris book.Paul Witcoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12471607385211158481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-17136723002395412052007-05-14T13:52:00.000-06:002007-05-14T13:52:00.000-06:00I've often thought of doing something similar for ...I've often thought of doing something similar for Califa. Perhaps a railroad guide book or something. But then I figured no one would be interested in such minutia but me...Aren't some of Jeff Vandermeer's books along these lines?Ysabeau Wilcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684128551495819812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-13160218194266792452007-05-14T13:48:00.000-06:002007-05-14T13:48:00.000-06:00In a way, Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men and ...In a way, Olaf Stapledon's <I>Last and First Men</I> and <I>Starmaker</I> come to mind . . .Paul Witcoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12471607385211158481noreply@blogger.com