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Inside Science Fiction: Essays on Fantastic Literature
James Gunn has had a long and distinguished career in science fiction. In addition to his stories and novels, he has written extensively about the reading, writing, and criticism of science fiction. Many of these essays were published in The Science of Science-Fiction Writing (Scarecrow, 2002). A second collection of essays, Inside Science Fiction, was originally published...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
April 1992
by Borgo Press
(first published 1992)
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Jun 04, 2012
Saul
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More of a text book composed of various essays, I felt it had some continuity issues. Still, it's a fantastic book from which to teach or learn the craft of SF writing. James Gunn is a master, and makes clear a number of issues related to the genre. Any serious student of SF must read this.
As much as I appreciate the academic study of SF, I did find much of the material out-of-date, referring mainly to film before 1990, and with a noticeable gap afterwards. However, since this reader has old-school SF tastes, I did find it worthwhile, and would probably read Gunn's other textbook studies.
Aug 06, 2007
Christy
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American science fiction author, editor, scholar, and anthologist. His work from the 1960s and 70s is considered his most significant fiction, and his Road to Science Fiction collections are considered his most important scholarly books. He won a Hugo Award for a non-fiction book in 1983 for Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction. He was named the 2007 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master...more
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