The Godfather: Peter Corris on the gap between page and screen
I have no idea what percentage of mainstream films is based on books. Does anyone? I suspect it’s quite high. In the crime field there have been notable failures....
Read MoreRandom Thoughts: On teaching writing. By Jean Bedford
Godfather Peter Corris is still on a sickie, though we hope he’ll be back soon (this column-writing lark is harder than it looks). Meanwhile NRB Editors continue...
Read MorePAUL MCAULEY Something Coming Through. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson
Which is more dangerous? Aliens bearing gifts? Or human nature? Paul McAuley is a multi-award-winning speculative fiction author whose Quiet War series, which spawned...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on Martin Ritt’s Hombre
Recently I bought, cheaply, the DVD of one of my favourite Western films, Martin Ritt’s Hombre (1967). It stars Paul Newman at his most handsome, Frederic March...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on the decline of the Western
We know that video killed the radio star, but what killed the Western genre? Up until the 1960s the Western, in novels, pulp novelettes and short stories, was immensely...
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