Sentence examples for speculative narratives from inspiring English sources

Along with Verne and Wells, Mr. Clarke said his greatest influences as a writer were Lord Dunsany, a British fantasist noted for his lyrical, if sometimes overblown, prose; Olaf Stapledon, a British philosopher who wrote vast speculative narratives that projected human evolution to the farthest reaches of space and time; and Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick".

The performativity criterion threatens anything not meeting its requirements, such as speculative narratives, with de-legitimation and exclusion.

Why are we so captivated by these speculative narratives of an unknown Rasputin?

This tentative, speculative narrative enterprise forms the stuff of Patrick McGrath's latest novel.

Of course, this was just another speculative narrative about murky events, and Gillies died several years ago.

The speculative narrative often changes course with the flick of a different possible decision at each of those ages.

Verhoeven's admittedly speculative narrative goes on to suggest that Jesus may have made the leap from peace-loving prophet to militant who promoted the use of violence after the Romans tortured and ultimately murdered his gay lover, Lazarus, in an attempt to extract information about his hidden location.

After All Tomorrow's Parties, Gibson began to adopt a more realist style of writing, with continuous narratives – "speculative fiction of the very recent past".

To that end both of our flagship projects this year embrace the speculative power of science fiction and other narratives to tell better stories about the future.

Dominating the narrative is the majestically dishonest Augustus Melmotte — a speculative railroad financier who buys an English society only too willing to sell itself.

What's more, Jon may have a secret origin story, concealed even from him, that oft-employed device in speculative fiction (think Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, another hero following the classic quest narrative).