The book is all the more disappointing because every 50 or so pages there's a short-lived stretch of imaginative, surprising storytelling.
The survey operates on the unspoken premise that books are our culture's premier system of information storage, and the preferred medium for imaginative storytelling.
V1K1 is a homage to 70s Sci Fi movies, that favour wildly imaginative storytelling over an emphasis of special effects.
The actors rehearse for less than twenty-four hours, and on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, they perform the show with fully choreographed dances, live music, stage combat, and imaginative, improvisational storytelling.
What the blurb may reflect is the lingering disappointment felt by some Lessing fans about her voyage into imaginative storytelling and about her "space fiction" in particular.
Their larger purpose, however, is to teach Eliza, who has a tendency to lie, the difference between imaginative storytelling and harmful falsehoods, and to show her that she can help herself feel happier.
Cornering the market on kid-hop by blending hip-hop rhymes with imaginative storytelling is Secret Agent 23 Skidoo.
Awarded Britain's prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Prize and nominated also for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, The Prestige is a masterpiece of imaginative storytelling.
She complements her imaginative storytelling with such authentic details as the axle-grease used to soothe children's chapped lips"(Miner 13).
Monsters, Inc., is "visually dazzling, action-packed, and hilarious" (Boston Herald), featuring groundbreaking animation, imaginative storytelling, and unforgettable voice talent.