The Craft of science fiction : a symposium on writing science fiction and science fantasy / by Reginald Bretnor [and others] ; edited by Reginald Bretnor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bretnor, Reginald, editor.

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

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 ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Barnes & Noble Books, 1977.

Contents:

Foreword (The Craft of Science Fiction) / Reginald Bretnor

THE SCIENCE FICTION SPECTRUM AND ITS SOURCES. 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.

THE PARAMETERS OF CREATIVITY. 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.

TRADE SECRETS. Heroes, Heroines, Villains: The Characters in Science Fiction / James E. 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:

Full title from cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

Cited in:

Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 87299

ISBN:

0064634574

9780064634571

OCLC:

3446854

Publisher Number:

EH 457 Barnes & Noble Books