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The Craft of science fiction : a symposium on writing science fiction and science fantasy / by Reginald Bretnor [and others] ; edited by Reginald Bretnor.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Craft of SF
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction--Authorship.
- Science fiction.
- Creative writing.
- Genre:
- Science fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xi, 321 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper & Row, [1976]
- Summary:
- Includes contributions by Reginald Bretnor, Poul Anderson, Hal Clement, Norman Spinrad, Alan E. Nourse, Theodore Sturgeon, Jerry Pournelle, Frank Herbert, Katherine MacLean, James Gunn, Larry Niven, Jack Williamson, John Brunner, Harlan Ellison, and Frederik Pohl.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Reginald Bretnor
- SF: the challenge to the writer / Reginald Bretnor
- Star-flights and fantasies: sagas still to come / Poul Anderson
- Hard sciences and tough technologies / Hal Clement
- Rubber sciences / Norman Spinrad
- Extrapolations and quantum jumps / Alan E. Nourse
- Future writers in a future world / Theodore Sturgeon
- The construction of believable societies / Jerry Pournelle
- Men on other planets / Frank Herbert
- Alien minds and nonhuman intelligences / Katherine MacLean
- Heroes, heroines, villains: the characters in science fiction / James Gunn
- The words in science fiction / Larry Niven
- Short stories and novelettes / Jack Williamson
- The science fiction novel / John Brunner
- With the eyes of a demon: seeing the fantastic as a video image / Harlan Ellison
- The science fiction professional / Frederik Pohl.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Jacket design by John Clarke.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 87298
- Other Format:
- Online version: Craft of science fiction.
- ISBN:
- 0060104619
- 9780060104610
- OCLC:
- 1992001
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