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Teachers and Schoolgirls: My Struggles With Literary Fiction

I am not a fan of literary fiction. I’m a genre fiction man, top to toe. Litfic is mundane: college professors, teachers, writers, businessmen, all having midlife crises, affairs, fixating on people they shouldn’t. Impotent husbands, philandering wives, rebellious children…they bore me. I know not all litfic

By Lee Hauser 20 Mar 2025
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Silo vs. Severance: Twins From Different Mothers

This is part two of my series about the Apple TV+ series Silo and about the books it is adapted from. The first part was about the art and practice of adapting literary works for movies and TV. This part is a look at Silo and another popular Apple TV+

By Lee Hauser 20 Mar 2025
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Silo And The Art Of Adaptation

This is the first of two essays on the Apple TV+ show Silo, and contains spoilers for the book Wool and the first two seasons of Apple TV+’s Silo TV series. Part two is here. Adaptation is a fraught thing. How does someone convert one medium into another? Surely

By Lee Hauser 18 Mar 2025
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This is The Recliner, a new site by Lee Hauser. A writer and IT professional, this site will hold his essays and miscellaneous thoughts. Things will be up and running here shortly, but you can subscribe in the meantime if you'd like to stay up to date and

By Lee Hauser 25 Feb 2025
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