There was a book I read several years ago and can't remember much about. I read it as an e-book but I'm pretty sure it was published after 2000. The main detail I can remember is an exchange that goes something like (The characters discover another character is doing good stuff for shady reasons...

This question reminded me of a book I had in the early 80s. I am in the UK and the book was in English, but may have originated in the US rather than the UK. It was a series of short stories, each with a scientific theme. The main character was a young scientist in school (I think may have been n...

Aristotle argues that epic narration may have more complicated plot structures or a "multiplicity of plots" (Poetics XVIII), since it implies a higher level of action and character. Both drama and epic are important because of the unities they form between place, time, and action. Homer, for exam...