Vyvyan Evans
The (Emoji) Generation Gap
If you are a Generation Xer, someone in their fifties, then the chances are that you may have recently deployed the praying hands emoji ...
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Vyvyan Evans
- Jul 16
- 3 min
An Ideology of Hate in the Publishing Industry?
The case of Waterstones and the anti-trans author Christina Dalcher According to a recent post on an influential Mumsnet forum, the...
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Vyvyan Evans
- Jun 22
- 2 min
It's a Brat Summer
The use of 'brat' by pop star Charli XCX and why it works Photograph: @CHARLI_XCX/INSTAGRAM The word ‘brat’ is typically used to mean an...
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Vyvyan Evans
- May 31
- 3 min
The World of the Songs of the Sage
The Songs of the Sage series consists of six books that are equal parts apocalyptic sci-fi, arcane mystery and mainstream thriller.
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Vyvyan Evans
- May 27
- 2 min
Explorations of linguistic relativity in science fiction
Linguistic Relativity holds that divergence in the grammatical organization and lexical structure of the language we speak alters the...
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Vyvyan Evans
- May 21
- 2 min
The Essential Ingredients for Writing Science Fiction
Science fiction is the literary genre of ideas. And it helps to have subject matter expertise to be able to effectively write in this...
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Vyvyan Evans
- May 17
- 2 min
Skip the Cineplex and Read a Summer Blockbuster
Kirkus Reviews recommends The Babel Apocalypse as summer blockbuster poolside reading -- a thriller with a formidable female antihero.
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Vyvyan Evans
- May 13
- 2 min
How to Write Believable Characters in Fiction
While a fictional character emerges from an act of imagination, fiction is grounded in lived experience. And in turn, the best fiction...
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Vyvyan Evans
- May 8
- 10 min
Time to Reflect on Time
Almost everyone I’ve ever met is, in one way or another, fascinated by time. We intuitively understand it. We feel its passage—in the...
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Vyvyan Evans
- May 7
- 2 min
"A truly extraordinary SF saga of epic scope."
"A truly extraordinary SF saga of epic scope."
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Vyvyan Evans
- Mar 28
- 3 min
What was the world's first language?
The idea that all the spoken languages of the world directly originated from a single language is known as monogenesis.
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Vyvyan Evans
- Mar 13
- 1 min
What is the Nature, Purpose and Origin of Language?
The Dark Court, book 2 in the speculative fiction Songs of the Sage series continues the exploration of the origin of language.
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Vyvyan Evans
- Mar 11
- 2 min
What's the Warning Behind The Babel Apocalypse?
The Babel Apocalypse is the first in a new series of science fiction novels: Songs of the Sage.
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Vyvyan Evans
- Feb 13
- 2 min
They who control language control everything
A science fiction book series set in the near future where language is no longer learned but streamed.
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Vyvyan Evans
- Feb 5
- 3 min
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Language Streaming Technology and the Transhuman
Today in the twentieth-first century, we are on the brink of a Fourth Industrial Revolution, sometimes dubbed 4IR. This is where...
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Vyvyan Evans
- Jan 31
- 3 min
The Future of Language: Neural Implants
Elon Musk claimed in a 2020 interview, that neural implants will make language learning obsolete...
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Vyvyan Evans
- Dec 21, 2023
- 1 min
"Smart speculative fiction at its very best"
"Smart speculative fiction at its very best."
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Vyvyan Evans
- Aug 5, 2023
- 5 min
Why Biological Sex Is Not the Same as Gender
Exposing myths and prejudice in the so-called Gender Wars
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Vyvyan Evans
- Jul 10, 2023
- 10 min
Hollywood Audiobook Scam
My 'open letter' to the Hollywood producer, Adam Cushman of Film 14 LLC who has scammed me, and is refusing to return my audiobook money
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Vyvyan Evans
- May 26, 2023
- 13 min
How to fall in love with words
A user's guide to language, and how to appreciate it...By Vyvyan Evans
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Professor of Linguistics
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