Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction

Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction

by Robert Silverberg
Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction

Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction

by Robert Silverberg

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Overview

Before Robert Silverberg won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards and became Grand Master of science fiction, he was a young man learning the art and craft of writing the genre. In Science Fiction: 101, Silverberg reveals the roots of modern science fiction with thought-provoking essays about some of the field’s most groundbreaking stories—included in this volume—which inspired him and taught him to write. These insightful analyses, along with the skills and strategies Silverberg developed to build his successful career, make this an indispensable volume for readers interested in science fiction history. 
 
Featuring Thirteen Classic Stories by Brian W. Aldiss, Alfred Bester, James Blish, Philip K. Dick, Damon Knight, C. M. Kornbluth, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, Frederik Pohl, Bob Shaw, Robert Sheckley, Cordwainer Smith, and Jack Vance

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780698137851
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/06/2014
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 512
Sales rank: 894,466
File size: 2 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Science Fiction Grand Master Robert Silverberg has won five Nebula Awards, four Hugo Awards, and the prestigious Prix Apollo. He is the author of more than one hundred science fiction and fantasy novels and more than sixty non-fiction works, including Lord Valentine's Castle, Majipoor Chronicles, Valentine Pontifex, and Tales of Majipoor.

Table of Contents

Introduction Greg Bear ix

Foreword Robert Silverberg xi

Introduction Robert Silverberg

The making of a Science-Fiction Writer 1

Four in One Domon Knight 47

"Four in One": Complications, with Elegance 81

Fondly Fahrenheit Alfred Bester 89

"Fondly Fahrenheit": Who Am I, Which Are You? 112

No Woman Born C. L Moore 121

"No Woman Born": Flowing From Ring to Ring 172

Home is the Hunter Henry Kuttner 187

"Home Is the Hunter": The Triumph of Honest Roger Bellamy 199

The Monsters Robert Sheckley 209

"The monsters": Don't Forget to Kill Your Wife 220

Common Time James Blish 229

"Common Time": With All of Love 253

Scanners Live in Vain Cordwainer Smith 265

"Scanners Live in Vain": Under the Wire with the Habermans 303

Hothouse Brian W. Aldiss 313

"Hothouse": The Fuzzypuzzle Odyssey 351

The New Prime Jack Vance 359

"The New Prime": Six Plots for the Price of One 385

Colony Philip K. Dick 391

"Colony": I Trusted the Rug Completely 412

The Little Black Bag C. M. Kornbluth 419

"The Little Black Bag": Press Button for Triple Bypass 450

Light of Other Days Bob Shaw 459

"Light of Other Days": Beyond the Radius of Capture 469

Day Million Frederik Pohl 477

"Day million": A Boy, a Girl, a Love Story 483

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“An excellent introduction to the most important roots of modern SF.”—The Washington Post

“It’s like sitting down with a good friend whose informal conversation sparkles, whose wisdom pierces you, whose intelligence makes you smarter just by listening.”—Orson Scott Card
 
“The stories alone are worth the price of admission, examples of the best that science fiction can be. But the whipped cream on top is Silverberg’s essay on the craft of each story.”—Wilmington Morning News
 

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