Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction: And Getting Published (Teach Yourself)
by Brian Stableford
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Although the problems of writing fantasy and science fiction include all those pertaining to the writing of any kind of fiction, particular problems arise in stories in which unprecedented things can and do happen, as well as stories that often involve unhuman characters of various sorts, and that might require the elaborate design of entire imaginary worlds. This book provides an elementary introduction to problems of those kinds, and the ways in which they modify the general problems of show more writing fiction. It also suggests strategies that might enable the problems to be handled constructively and productively. The author has published more than seventy novels in the field, more than twenty short story collections, and more than twenty related works of non-fiction; he has, as the saying goes, been there, done that, and chewed his t-shirt in relevant frustration. Robert Reginald says: "An absolutely first-rate guide to writing fantastic literature. Stableford has much to say that potential writers of ALL fiction might find valuable, interesting, and highly illuminating. His reasonable discussion and dissection of the basic issues facing authors of creative fiction—and the solutions to be found to each problem—are dollops of solid gold advice, in this editor's humble opinion. Every would-be author should read this book—and more than once!". show less
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Great book. Sort of a series of essays on writing rather than a text book or reference.
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Author Brian M. Stableford was born in Shipley, Yorkshire, U. K. on July 25, 1948. He received an undergraduate degree in biology from the University of York in 1969 and a Ph.D. in sociology in 1979. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1988, he taught sociology at the University of Reading. He has published over 100 books, including science show more fiction and fantasy works, non-fiction, translations, and learned articles. He has written under the pseudonym of Brian Craig as well as under Brian Stableford and Brian M. Stableford. He has received numerous awards for both fiction and non-fiction including the British Science Fiction Award (1995), the Distinguished Scholarship Award of the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (1987), the J. Lloyd Eaton Award (1987), the Science Fiction Research Association's (SFRA) Pioneer Award (1996), and the SFRA's Pilgrim Award (1999). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1997
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- There is no guarantee that writing fantasy and science fiction will do more for your intellectual development than any other kind of fiction, but observations of my fellow-writers in those genres suggest that it can certainly... (show all) help you to believe that you have become unusually clever.
The ultimate prize for a writer is not to fit your work perfectly to the demands of an existing audience but to conjure up a new audience where there was none before.
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- Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 808.3876 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Rhetoric of fiction Genre writing Mysteries, horror, westerns, science fiction and fantasy Writing Science fiction and fantasy
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- PN3377.5 .F34 .S73 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Prose. Prose fiction Technique. Authorship
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