The FictionMags Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 7758

The Observer [June 27, 1993] [] · Political Economy · Margaret Horner · ss

The Observer [October 15, 1995] [] · Profit and Lust · Will Self · ss

The Observer [August 17, 1997] [] · Weirdly Wise · J. G. Ballard · br [Ref. Chris Rodley]

The Observer [October 1, 2000] [] · The Writer, the Accident, and a Lonely End · Edward Helmore · ar [Ref. Stephen King]

The Observer [April 1, 2001] [] · Modern Boys and Mobile Girls · William Gibson · ar

The Observer [May 13, 2001] [] · Douglas Adams Dies at Age 49 · Paul Harris · ar [Ref. Douglas Adams] · “He’ll be remembered as someone who created a complete other world” · Stephen Fry · ar [Ref. Douglas Adams]

The Observer [December 29, 2002] [] · Vernor Vinge · John Hind · iv [Ref. Vernor Vinge]

The Observer [January 1, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 1 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [January 8, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 2 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [January 15, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 3 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [January 22, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 4 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [January 29, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 5 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [February 5, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 6 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [February 12, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 7 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [February 19, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 8 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [February 26, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 9 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [March 5, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 10 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [March 12, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 11 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [March 19, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 12 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [March 26, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 13 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [April 2, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 14 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [April 9, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 15 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [April 16, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 16 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [April 23, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 17 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [April 30, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 18 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [May 7, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 19 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [May 14, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 20 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [May 21, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 21 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [May 28, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 22 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [June 4, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 23 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [June 11, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 24 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [June 18, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 25 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [June 25, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 26 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [July 2, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 27 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [July 9, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 28 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [July 16, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 29 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl

The Observer [July 23, 2006] (newspaper) [] · Zugzwang [Part 30 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl · Zugzwang: A Novel Idea · Paul Simon · ar

The Observer [December 28, 2008] (newspaper) [] · A Private Experience · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · ss

The Observer [December 27, 2009] (newspaper) [] · Irene · Kate Clanchy · ss

The Observer [December 26, 2010] (newspaper) [] · Fancy Dress · Kate Horsley · ss

The Observer [December 23, 2012] (newspaper) [] · The Shapes We Made · Joe Dunthorne · ss

The Observer [August 11, 2013] [] · “Writing was a drug I couldn’t stop taking” · Kate Kellaway · ar [Ref. Samantha Shannon]

The Observer [December 22, 2013] (newspaper) [] · Stairs · Penelope Lively · ss; illustrated by Pietari Posti

The Observer [December 27, 2015] [] · Sir Terry Pratchett Remembered by His Daughter, Rhianna Pratchett · Rhianna Pratchett · ob [Ref. Terry Pratchett] · Henning Mankell Remembered by Kenneth Branagh · Kenneth Branagh · ob [Ref. Henning Mankell] · Jackie Collins Remembered by Her Sister, Joan · Joan Collins · ob [Ref. Jackie Collins] · Ruth Rendell Remembered by Valerie Amos · Valerie Amos · ob [Ref. Ruth Rendell]

The Observer [August 27, 2017] [] · The Philip K Dick Book I Love Most… · Nicola Barker, Michael Moorcock & Adam Roberts · ar [Ref. Philip K. Dick]

The Observer [December 23, 2018] (newspaper) [] · The Blake-Wadsworth Gallery of Reborn Dolls · Amy Bloom · ss

The Observer [February 17, 2019] [] · “You have to risk going too far” · Alex Preston · iv [Ref. Marlon James]

The Observer [August 25, 2019] [] · “I want to go out as someone who spoke the truth” · Sean O’Hagan · iv [Ref. Edna O’Brien]

The Observer [September 22, 2019] (newspaper) [] · The Cockroach · Ian McEwan · ex Jonathan Cape, September 2019

The Observer [February 16, 2020] [] · Leila Slimanï: “This Book Is a Mirror to Make the Elite Look Reality in the Face” · Kim Willsher · ar [Ref. Leila Slimani]

The Observer [April 25, 2020] [] · Tolstoy, Steinbeck, Dafoe—Why Are So Many Turning to Classic Novels? · Diana Ferguson · ar [Ref. Penelope Lively]

The Observer [May 17, 2020] [] · Whodunnit? Did Agatha Christie “Borrow” the Plot for Acclaimed Novel? · Vanessa Thorpe · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie]; about whether The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was influenced by Stein Riverton’s The Iron Chariot.

The Observer [October 10, 2020] [] · “Technologists Have Failed to Listen to Non-Technologists” · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Cory Doctorow]

The Observer [November 29, 2020] [] · The Photo Is the Clue: Arthur Conan Doyle’s Love for His Lost World Hero · Vanessa Thorpe · ar [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle]

The Observer [May 15, 2021] [] · “I Am Stupidly Optimistic: It Got me Through All These Years” · Hadley Freeman · ar [Ref. Salman Rushdie]

The Observer [May 22, 2021] [] · John Steinbeck’s Estate Urged to Let the World Read His Shunned Werewolf Novel · Dalya Alberge · ar [Ref. John Steinbeck]

The Observer [May 23, 2021] [] · The Reputation Game: How Authors Try to Control Their Image from Beyond the Grave · Edward Helmore · ar [Ref. Philip Roth]

The Observer [June 5, 2021] [] · How Tove Jansson’s Love of Nature Shaped the World of the Moomins · Susannah Clapp · ar [Ref. Tove Jansson]

The Observer [June 27, 2021] [] · Philip Roth, Blake Bailey, and Publishing in the Post #MeToo Era · Andrew Anthony · ar [Ref. Philip Roth]

The Observer [July 31 2021] [] · Revealed: The Secret Trauma That Inspired German Literary Giant · Donna Ferguson · ar [Ref. W. G. Sebald]

The Observer [August 7, 2021] [] · “Style Isn’t Something You Apply Later” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Martin Amis]

The Observer [March 5, 2022] [] · Fantasy Fans Crowdfund Record £17M for Author Brandon Sanderson’s New Novels · David Barnett · ar [Ref. Brandon Sanderson]

The Observer [March 12, 2022] [] · Hoard of the Rings: “Lost” Scripts for BBC Television Drama Discovered · Dalya Alberge · ar [Ref. J. R. R. Tolkien]

The Observer [May 14, 2022] [] · Harry Potter and the Missing Sketches: JK Rowling’s First Drawings of Boy Wizard · Vanessa Thorpe · ar [Ref. J. K. Rowling]

The Observer [July 31, 2022] [] · “When the Political Pollen Gets High, I’m Going to Sneeze” · Tim Adams · iv [Ref. Mohsin Hamid]

The Observer [October 9, 2022] [] · Cutting His Teeth: How Bram Stoker Found His Inner Dracula in Scotland · Joanna Moorhead · ar [Ref. Bram Stoker]

The Observer [December 4, 2022] [] · “I love writing for children”: Emma Thompson and Axel Scheffler on Their Amazing Shaggy Dog Story · Claire Armistead · iv [Ref. Emma Thompson & Axel Scheffler]

The Observer [December 11, 2022] [] · What Was Dracula Really Like? 550-Year-Old Clue to Life of Vlad the Impaler Emerges · David Barnett · ar [Ref. Bram Stoker]

The Observer [December 18, 2022] [] · Juana the Mad · Tessa Hadley · ss

The Observer [January 8, 2023] [] · Poetry Often Involves Obsessive Personalities · Kate Kellaway · iv [Ref. Don Paterson] · The Outsider: Why Katherine Mansfield Still Divides Opinion 100 Years After Her Death · Helen Simpson · ar [Ref. Katherine Mansfield] · Guys Who Like Kafka Are Insufferable · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Nell Zink]

The Observer [January 15, 2023] [] · Paul Auster: “The right to own a gun in the US is seen as a kind of holy grail” · Lisa O’Kelly · iv [Ref. Paul Auster] · Paul Auster: “The gun that killed my grandfather was the same gun that ruined my father’s life” · Paul Auster · ex from Bloodbath Nation, Faber and Faber, January 2023

The Observer [January 29, 2023] [] · “I Knew my son had gone”: Michael Rosen on the Moment That Changed His Life · Michael Rosen · ex from Getting Better, forthcoming from Ebury Press (February 2, 2023). · “I Have sad thoughts every day. I try not to be overcome by them”: Michael Rosen on Coping with the Death of His Son · Alex Moshakis · iv [Ref. Michael Rosen] · OMG! It’s Jane Austen…The TikTok Generation Embraces New Heroine · David Barnett · ar [Ref. Jane Austen]

The Observer [July 2, 2023] [] · “Chose drugs?” 30 years After He Wrote Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh Says Life Is Tougher Now · David Barnett · iv [Ref. Irvine Welsh]

The Observer [September 10, 2023] [] · “I’d Have Made an Awful Spy. I Don’t Have a Smartphone or Wifi” · Kate Kellaway · iv [Ref. Mick Herron]

The Observer [October 8, 2023] [] · Sweden’s “Queen of Noir” Camilla Läckberg Accused of Using a Ghostwriter · Philip Otterman · ar [Ref. Camilla Läckberg]

The Observer [October 15, 2023] [] · “The wolf at my throat”: Observer Writer Christopher Wordsworth’s Diaries Reveal a Troubled Life · Vanessa Thorpe · ar [Ref. Christopher Wordsworth]

The Observer [November 5, 2023] [] · “The secret to a happy marriage is creaking bed springs—from laughter” · Michael Hogan · iv [Ref. Jilly Cooper]

The Observer [November 19, 2023] [] · Newly Discovered String Quartet by Clockwork Orange Author Anthony Burgess to Have Premiere · Dalya Alberge · ar [Ref. Anthony Burgess]

The Observer [December 3, 2023] [] · Intention · Etgar Keret; translated by Jessica Cohen · ss; “a short story written in the aftermath of Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel”. translated from the Hebrew.

The Observer [December 10, 2023] [] · “Killing Eve ended with Villanelle’s death. This is why I’m bringing her back to life” · Luke Jennings · ar

The Observer [December 23, 2023] [] · Yankee Swap · Jonathan Escoffery · ss; illustrated by Laurie Hastings

The Observer [August 18, 2024] [] · “Bodies are such a good source of drama” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Mark Haddon]

The Observer [August 25, 2024] [] 11 · Lust and Longing at the English Seaside · Alan Hollinghurst · ex from Our Evenings forthcoming from Picador (October 2024). 14 · “People used to say I was undermining family life…ludicrous stuff that would never be suggested now” · Alex Clark · iv [Ref. Roddy Doyle] 19 · A Burning New Vision for Lord of the Flies · Rachel Cooke · ar [Ref. William Golding]

The Observer [October 6, 2024] [] · “I’ve dealt with anti-hillbilly bigotry all my life”: Barbara Kingsolver on JD Vance, the Real Appalachia and Why Demon Copperhead Was Such a Hit · Rachel Cooke · iv [Ref. Barbara Kingsolver]

Observer Magazine Colour supplement for The Observer.

Observer Magazine [October 29, 1972] [] · Out of This World · Arthur C. Clarke · ar

Observer Magazine [June 9, 1974] [] 22 · Will You Emigrate to the Moon? · Isaac Asimov · ex from Our World in Space, New York Graphic Society, 1974; illustrated by Robert McCall

Observer Magazine [July 16, 1989] (56pp) [] 36 · Love in a Cold Climate · J. G. Ballard · ss Interview January 1989

Obsidian III   (about)

Obsidian III [v6 #2/v7 #1, Fall/Winter 2005-Spring/Summer 2006] ed. Thomas Lisk (North Carolina State University, $10.00, 272pp+, tp) [] Literature in the African Diaspora. Double Issue. 8 · A Note from the Editor · Thomas Lisk · ed · Octavia Butler · A Tribute 12 · Sometimes I Sit Here, and I Wonder… Octavia E. Butler Passed This Way Once 1947-2006 · Sandra Y. Govan · ar [Ref. Octavia E. Butler] · Interview 14 · Going to See the Woman: A Visit with Octavia E. Butler · Sandra Y. Govan · iv [Ref. Octavia E. Butler] · Book Review 40 · Fledgling · Sandra Y. Govan · br [Ref. Octavia E. Butler] · Fiction 44 · The Book of Martha · Octavia E. Butler · ss Sci Fiction May 21 2003 · Essays 61 · Reassessing the Utopian Novel: Octavia Butler, Jacques Derrida, and the Impossible Future of Utopia · Angela Warfield · es [Ref. Octavia E. Butler & Jacques Derrida] 72 · Apocalyptic Empathy: A Parable of Postmodern Sentimentality · Rebecca Wanzo · es [Ref. Octavia E. Butler] 87 · Parable of a 21st Century Religion: Octavia Butler’s Afrofuturistic Bridge between Science and Religion · Kimberly J. Ruffin · es [Ref. Octavia E. Butler] 105 · Kindred: History, Revision, and (Re)memory of Bodies · Gregory Hampton · es [Ref. Octavia E. Butler] 118 · Defining Kindred: Octavia Butler’s Postcolonial Perspective · Thelma Shinn Richard · es [Ref. Octavia E. Butler] · Art 135 · The Gathering · Lydia Thompson · il 136 · from Love in Black and White · Mary Motley Kalergis · il 137 · Golden Dreams · Bessie Harvey · il 138 · Voodoo Dance · Bien-Amie Sylvain · il · Edwidge Danticat · Memoir 139 · Becoming Brazilian · Edwidge Danticat · mm · Essays 147 · Challenging Internal Colonialism: Edwidge Danticat’s Feminist Emancipatory Enterprise · Newtona Johnson · es [Ref. Edwidge Danticat] 167 · Voudoun Symbolism in The Farming of Bones · Donna Weir-Soley · es [Ref. Edwidge Danticat] 185 · Memory, Gender, Race and Class: Edwidge Danticat’s The Farming of Bones · Nandini Dhar · es [Ref. Edwidge Danticat] 203 · “Let the words bring wings to our feet:” Negotiating Exile and Trauma through Narrative in Danticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory · Jennifer C. Rossi · es [Ref. Edwidge Danticat] 221 · Papa’s Masks: Roles of the Father in Danticat’s The Dew Breaker · Joan Conwell · es [Ref. Edwidge Danticat] 240 · Passageways of Remembrance · Sarah Callahan · es [Ref. Edwidge Danticat] · Poetry 250 · Savannah Wind Song · Harry Reed · pm 253 · Markers West of the Ordinary · Abayomi Animashaun · pm 254 · Homebound 6 · Ramona Hyman · pm 255 · Homebound 7 · Ramona Hyman · pm 256 · The Way of the Moon · Abayomi Animashaun · pm 257 · Black Oscar · Lenard D. Moore · pm 259 · alphabet of the captured · Carletta Carrington Wilson · pm 264 · Contributors · Misc. · bg