Name: Love and Other Distractions: An Anthology by 14 Hollywood Writers (en Inglés)
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Author: Hugh Howey
ISBN: 9781491060261

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Love and Other Distractions: An Anthology by 14 Hollywood Writers (en Inglés)

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N° páginas

246

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Tapa Blanda

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22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm

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0.34 kg.

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9781491060261

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Antologías: general
Ficción: general y literaria

Love and Other Distractions: An Anthology by 14 Hollywood Writers (en Inglés)

Doug Molitor (Autor) · Bart Gold (Autor) · Hugh Howey (Introducción de) · Createspace · Tapa Blanda

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Although these stories are written for adults, 100% of the proceeds for this anthology will go to benefit the charity Kids Need to Read. This anthology is all about that crazy little thing called love...and all the odd, impulsive, bizarre and sometimes illegal things people do in its name! With 20 stories, written by 14 Hollywood writers, spanning 7 different genres, it's a literary treasure trove that has something for everyone! FOREWORD by Hugh Howey Contemporary Fantasy / Horror: FULL MOON FEVER by Doug Molitor: A couple will let nothing keep them from their romantic Valentine's dinner, not even death. LOVE VOODOO by Christiana Miller: A blind date turns into a complicated marriage when a young widower puts a voodoo spell on his internet date. LOVE GROWS WHERE MY WEREMARY GOES by Bart Gold: Newlyweds get more than they bargained for when a 'dog bite' turns the woman into a were-creature every full moon. Suspense / Thriller: AN ALEX LUTHECKER VALENTINE by Keith Domingue: Alex Luthecker goes to the ends of the earth to surprise his Valentine with a one-of-a-kind present. Mystery: CUPID IS AS CUPID DOES by Dan Fiorella: A hard-boiled private eye is hired by a love-lorn lady to locate Cupid, who seems to have taken it on the wing. TAKE MY WORD FOR IT AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER by Robert S. Levinson: Two old comics meet to consider a love lost and a promise made. Romance: FRENCH FRIES AND LOVE SONGS by C. David Stephens: Twelve-year-old Raoul Chagny invites eleven-year-old Christine Daaé to a Valentine's Day dinner at a fancy French restaurant in Santa Monica, where each has conspired with Raoul's governess to surprise the other with a French love song. Contemporary Fiction: THE VAGINA DIALOGUES by Shelly Goldstein: Two female friends 'of a certain age' meet for tea on Valentine's Day. One is divorced, living with a man; the other is a widow and gun shy about dating. They talk about men, love, feminism, and how their life has changed since they -- and love -- were young. FOR THE RECORD by Isaac Ho: A young man finds out the hard way that sex and corporate life don't mix. STRING THEORY by Steve Chivers: The story of a relationship between an older woman and a younger man. Each chapter alternates between telling the story from her perspective and from his. Science Fiction: TWO INTO ONE by Ron Fernandez: Valentine's Day at the End of the World WHAT MAKES A MAN by Judith Lutz: Two robots create a human in this provocative post-apocalyptic tale. THE RED BANDIT by Anne Toole: A librarian's quiet night in the state library turns upside down when a man takes her captive, intent on stealing a magical tome, even if he has to burn down the entire library along with her. Humor: VARIOUS ESSAYS by Mark Miller: Mark's humor essays in this anthology are from his upcoming book, 500 Coffee Dates: Dispatches From The Front Lines Of The Online Dating Wars, in which he talks the dating talk after having walked the dating walk through over 500 post-divorce coffee dates. He's endured several lifetimes of first-date jitters, anguish, caffeine and crushing disappointment, all for your amusement and enlightenment. Join him as he shamelessly shares his safari through today's dating jungle. The Charity: Kids Need to Read is a national nonprofit foundation that promotes childhood literacy and addresses the crisis in library funding that currently exists in the United States providing inspiring books to underfunded schools, libraries, and literacy programs across the United States, especially those serving disadvantaged children.

Hugh Howey

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Hugh Howey es un antiguo librero que ha alcanzado su sueño, escribir y poder vivir de ello, gracias a su bestseller Espejismo. Actualmente vive en Jupiter, Florida, con su esposa, Amber, y su perro, Bella.
En 2011 la librería online Amazon vio cómo en su web nacía un nuevo fenómeno de ventas a la altura de Cincuenta sombras de Grey de E. L. James. Espejismo (cuyo título original es Wool) fue autopublicado por su autor, Hugh Howey, en formato electrónico y a los pocos meses había conseguido posicionarse entre los primeros puestos de las listas de más vendidos del The New York Times y el USA Today. Ante las expectativas creadas y con el aval de un éxito de público y crítica sin precedentes, la editorial Simon & Schuster decidió hacerse con los derechos de publicación en papel y lanzaba el libro al mercado el pasado marzo.

Espejismo fue publicado originalmente como cinco historias cortas; el éxito conseguido con el primero de los relatos fue lo que motivó a Howey a continuar desarrollando el mundo que había creado. Con la estrategia de la publicación por entregas, y gracias al efecto boca-oreja, Howey consiguió captar nuevos seguidores con cada nueva publicación.
Éste fue el inicio de Espejismo, un fenómeno que ha llegado a vender 500.000 eBooks en Amazon y que se publicará en dieciocho países. Los derechos cinematográficos del libro han sido adquiridos por Century Fox y la adaptación a la gran pantalla contará con la producción de Ridley Scott y el guionista Steven Zaillian (responsable de obras como La lista de Schindler o Gangs of New York).

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