ix • Foreword • essay by Reginald Bretnor
3 • SF: The Challenge to the Writer • essay by Reginald Bretnor
22 • Star-flights and Fantasies: Sagas Still to Come • essay by Poul Anderson
37 • Hard Sciences and Tough Technologies • essay by Hal Clement
54 • Rubber Sciences • essay by Norman Spinrad
73 • Extrapolations and Quantum Jumps • essay by Alan E. Nourse
89 • Future Writers in a Future World • essay by Theodore Sturgeon
104 • The Construction of Believable Societies • essay by Jerry Pournelle
121 • Men on Other Planets • essay by Frank Herbert
136 • Alien Minds and Nonhuman Intelligences • essay by Katherine MacLean
161 • Heroes, Heroines, Villains: The Characters in Science Fiction • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
178 • The Words in Science Fiction • essay by Larry Niven
195 • Short Stories and Novelettes • essay by Jack Williamson
216 • The Science Fiction Novel • essay by John Brunner
236 • With the Eyes of a Demon: Seeing the Fantastic as a Video Image • essay by Harlan Ellison
292 • The Science Fiction Professional • essay by Frederik Pohl
Language
English
Pages
321
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Release
August 01, 1976
ISBN
0060104619
ISBN 13
9780060104610
The Craft of Science Fiction: A Symposium on Writing Science Fiction and Science Fantasy
ix • Foreword • essay by Reginald Bretnor
3 • SF: The Challenge to the Writer • essay by Reginald Bretnor
22 • Star-flights and Fantasies: Sagas Still to Come • essay by Poul Anderson
37 • Hard Sciences and Tough Technologies • essay by Hal Clement
54 • Rubber Sciences • essay by Norman Spinrad
73 • Extrapolations and Quantum Jumps • essay by Alan E. Nourse
89 • Future Writers in a Future World • essay by Theodore Sturgeon
104 • The Construction of Believable Societies • essay by Jerry Pournelle
121 • Men on Other Planets • essay by Frank Herbert
136 • Alien Minds and Nonhuman Intelligences • essay by Katherine MacLean
161 • Heroes, Heroines, Villains: The Characters in Science Fiction • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
178 • The Words in Science Fiction • essay by Larry Niven
195 • Short Stories and Novelettes • essay by Jack Williamson
216 • The Science Fiction Novel • essay by John Brunner
236 • With the Eyes of a Demon: Seeing the Fantastic as a Video Image • essay by Harlan Ellison
292 • The Science Fiction Professional • essay by Frederik Pohl