Political Fiction

Emerging writers to receive manuscript guidance

Edit Scoop 08 Jul 2016

Thirteen writers with manuscripts spanning contemporary fiction, historical novels, crime / psychological narratives, poetry, short stories, speculative fiction and non-fiction have been chosen for the NZSACompleteMS programme. This programme gives ... ....

Real planet with three suns is way weirder than Tatooine or Westeros - CNET

Edit CNET 08 Jul 2016

Truth is stranger than fiction again. If you consider triple sunsets and century-long seasons strange, that is ... ....

Real planet with three suns is way weirder than Tatooine - CNET

Edit CNET 08 Jul 2016

Truth is stranger than fiction again. If you consider triple sunsets and century-long seasons strange, that is ... ....

fsociety 'hacks' the 'Mr.Robot' Facebook page

Edit Mashable 08 Jul 2016

LOS ANGELES — Mr. Robot just got a little more meta. The show's fictional Anonymous-style collective, fsociety, hacked the USA show's Facebook Page Thursday as part of a globally coordinated marketing campaign ... SEE ALSO ... ....

11 popular misconceptions about Tarzan and his adventures

Edit Deseret News 08 Jul 2016

the “great apes” who raised Tarzan, although almost always depicted as plain old gorillas, were in fact a distinct fictional species that referred to themselves as the Mangani and to their larger enemies/cousins, the gorillas, as the Bolgani ... language of the fictional Ant Men, according to "The Tarzan Novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs....

UN Warns of Risk of Possible Violence, Instability in DRC

Edit Voa News 08 Jul 2016

The United Nations is warning that without a serious national political dialogue, the Democratic Republic of Congo's current political tensions could deteriorate into a severe and possibly violent crisis. "Political tensions are rising ahead of the constitutional envisaged presidential and legislative elections," U.N....

UN official: Congo likely to face violence without talks

Edit Stars and Stripes 08 Jul 2016

deputy secretary-general warned Thursday that Congo is likely to face violence and persistent instability unless political opponents hold talks to resolve an impasse over upcoming elections in the country ... Security Council that "this tragic, and still preventable, outcome" would reverse political, security and develop gains over the past few years and require a response "beyond the capacity" of the U.N....

Security Council Leadership Critical to Defusing Tensions in Democratic Republic of Congo, Deputy Secretary-General Stresses (ECOSOC - United Nations Economic and Social Council)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016

Political tensions are rising ahead of the constitutionally envisaged presidential and legislative elections ... The political dialogue proposed by President Joseph Kabila is facing uncertainty ... In the absence of dialogue, there is a real risk that political actors could resort to unilateral decisions which may compound existing political tensions....

07 July 2016 Political crisis has put long-term stability of the DR Congo at risk, warns UN deputy chief, urging dialogue (United Nations Security Council)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016

7 July 2016 - An inclusive and credible dialogue among Congolese stakeholders is the only realistic way to defuse political tensions, overcome the electoral impasse and prevent violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where public discontent is being fuelled by delays in the electoral process and shrinking democratic space, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson warned today....

Wake up to the political reality - Brexit's blade is splitting Labour in two

Edit New Statesman 08 Jul 2016

Now we know what it feels like to experience what political scientists call a "cleavage", or religious historians a "schism" ... They describe what happens when the body politic is shorn in two.The dynamics behind such moments may have built up over decades, but they happen in an instant. And then the political reality snaps back ... The political parties realigned in the 1840s, and again in the 1920s....

Oh Pep! true team players

Edit Toronto Sun 08 Jul 2016

Oh Pep! are having their cake and sharing it too. Just like everything else. The buzz-magnet Australian folk-pop duo of Olivia Hally and Pepita Emmerichs (get it?) are truly team players. Especially when it comes to their debut album Stadium Cake. They both sing (though Pep handles most of the lead vocals) ... And that’s fine ...   ... Are they truth or fiction? ... It’s still fictional, but you’re drawing from your personal well....

Renée Zellweger, Margot Robbie, and Hollywood’s Obsession With the Female Face

Edit Slate 08 Jul 2016

Renée Zellweger had plastic surgery, and Variety’s Owen Gleiberman is worried that she’s ruined Bridget Jones for the rest of us ... “I suddenly felt like something had been taken away.” ... (Another reason Gleiberman’s comparison falls flat. Bridget Jones is a lovable fictional character, not a real-life black musician and radical civil rights activist whose hijacked legacy has real political consequence.) ... It’s a celebrity haunt ... ....

Bill Armstrong’s conservatism allowed room for bipartisanship

Edit Denver Post 08 Jul 2016

The deal involved sacrifice on both ends of the political spectrum, including higher payroll taxes, more benefits subject to taxation, a hike in the retirement age, and a delay in the cost-of-living adjustment ... And it remains instructive, since a similar deal is unthinkable, unfortunately, in today’s political environment ... Armstrong’s example on the 1983 commission provides reason for hope even in today’s divisive political culture....

Political fiction

Notable examples

Half-Pint (disambiguation)

See also

Half Pint - Political Fiction