Conceiving the Heavens: Creating the Science Fiction Novel
by Melissa Scott
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How does one write science fiction so that it is believable and meaningful? Melissa Scott shares her successful techniques and insights.Tags
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Melissa Scott is a science fiction writer. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1961. Scott studied history at Harvard University before earning her Ph. D. in comparative history from Brandeis University. Scott's first science fiction book, The Game Beyond, was published in 1984. In 1986, she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. show more Scott received the Lambda Literary Award for Gay/Lesbian Science Fiction in both 1995 and 1996 for the books Trouble and Her Friends and Shadow Man. She is a co-founder of WaveLengths, a journal of gay/lesbian/bisexual-interest science fiction and fantasy. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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This is a true story.
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Despite what some people will try to tell you, writing science fiction is not an excuse to ignore the basics of good writing. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)There's no other reason to work this hard, except that love.
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- Fiction and Literature
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- 808.38762 — 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 Writing science fiction
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- PN3377.5 .S3 .S37 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Prose. Prose fiction Technique. Authorship
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