The Profession of Science Fiction SF Writers on their Craft and Idea
Where do science fiction writers get their inspiration from? Some of the leading authors in the field tackle this fascinating subject in a series of essays reprinted from one of the genre's most respected critical journals, Foundation Whether veterans lik
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Robert Giddings (editor) LITERATURE AND IMPERIALISM Robert Giddings, Keith Selby and Chris Wensley SCREENING THE NOVEL: The Theory and Practice of Literary Dramatization Paul Hyland and Neil Sammells (editors) IRISH WRITING: Exile and Subversion Maxim Jakubowski and Edward James (editors) THE PROFESSION OF SCIENCE FICTION: SF Writers on their Craft and Ideas Mark Lilly (editor) LESBIAN AND GAY WRITING: An Anthology of Critical Essays Christopher Mulvey and John Simons (editors) NEW YORK: City as Text Adrian Page (editor) DEATH OF THE PLAYWRIGHT?: Modern British Drama and Literary Theory Jeffrey Walsh and James Aulich (editors) VIETNAM IMAGES: War and Representation
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The Pro fess ion of Sci enc e Fiction SF Writers on their Craft and Ideas Edited by
Maxim Jakubo wski and Edward James Foreword by
Arthur C. Clarke
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Collection © the Science Fiction Foundation 1992 Foreword ©Arthur C. Clarke 1992 Introduction ©Maxim Jakubowski and Edward James 1992 The Way it Was, 1933-1937 ©Jack Williamson 1982 The Development of a Science Fiction Writer© Estate of James Blish 1972 Wonderful Deathless Ditties© Naomi Mitchison 1981 From Shanghai to Shepperton ©David Pringle 1982 A Citizen ofMondath ©Ursula K. Le Guin 1973 Backwards across the Frontier ©Richard Cowper 1975 Where I Get my Crazy Ideas© Norman Spinrad 1980 By Chance out of Conviction© D. G. Compton 1979 The Writer as Nomad © Pamela Sargent 1987 Thank you for the Music ©Michael Coney 1984 The Profession of Science Fiction © Gene Wolfe 1980 The Profession of Fiction © M. John Harrison 1989 Confessions of a Bradbury Eater ©Garry Kilworth 1983 A Shaman's View© David Brin 1987 Riddles in the Dark ©Gwyneth Jones 1988 Git along, Little Robot © Richard Grant 1990 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1992 978-0-333-52481-7 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WlP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and
