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It's been a good life
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Isaac Asimov |
"As one of the most gifted and prolific writers of the twentieth century, Isaac Asimov has become a literary legend. In reflecting on his years and his career in the last volume of his autobiographic… |
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Pioneers of wonder
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Eric Leif Davin |
Long before Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke, Gene Roddenberry, and Chris Carter, the names of David Lasser, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Hugo Gernsback, and Sam Moskowitz were well known by the first fans of a… |
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Space travel
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Ben Bova |
Space Travel explains science, to help you make your fiction plausible. You'll engineer your rockets with accurate technical data. Show your characters' physical responses to weightlessness. Know the… |
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Writing science fiction and fantasy
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Tina Lee,Sheila Williams,Jane Yolen,Connie Willis,Hal Clement,Gardner R. Dozois,Poul Anderson,James Patrick Kelly,Robert A. Heinlein,Isaac Asimov,John Barnes,Stanley Schmidt,Norman Spinrad,Ian Randal Strock |
Twenty essays on writing science fiction and fantasy by leading speculative fiction writers. An enjoyable and informative read.
On the Writing of Speculative Fiction - Robert A. Heinlein
Living t… |
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Ursula K. Le Guin
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Ursula K. Le Guin |
In a series of interviews with David Naimon, Le Guin discusses craft, aesthetics, and philosophy in her fiction, poetry, and nonfiction works. The discussions provide ample advice and guidance for wr… |
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Get started in writing science fiction and fantasy
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Adam Roberts |
Roberts explains how science fiction and fantasy can vary from standard fiction, and introduces you to the seven key science fiction and fantasy tropes. He shows you how to access and develop stories… |
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To write like a woman
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Joanna Russ |
From the back cover:
Joanna Russ has written -- as novelist, short-story writer, and critic -- on science fiction, fantasy, and feminism. These essays reflect the breadth of Russ's critical work,… |
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Going for infinity
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Poul Anderson |
"More than just a collection of some of Poul Anderson's most acclaimed works, Going for Infinity is both a celebration and a memoir of Anderson's distinguished sixty-year career in science fiction an… |
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