Writing and Selling Science Fiction

by Science Fiction Writers of America

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Genres: Writing, Nonfiction, Guides, How To, Science

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

Reviews

[William Schram · Rating 4 out of 5]

Science fiction is a genre that is difficult to grasp. The book is a collection of essays focused on writing and selling your work as a product. It contains advice on everything from characterization to world-building. There are eleven essays in the book, each written by a towering figure in the science fiction community.

The advice is helpful. First, keep writing. If you are a writer, write. Keep notes of your ideas. Know your audience. Finally, if you become successful, keep receipts and paystubs for the tax man.

I enjoyed the book. Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.

[Art · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[A.D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Taking into account that the author essays in this book was written in the 1970's, much of the viewpoints and many unforseen trends have come and went since this book was published.
However, it is a transitory time between the golden era of SF and the present. The suggestions to read the classics and the earlier authors is still an important piece of advice.

[E. M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a novice like me, especially in this genre, the experts provide useful insight on world-building, alien creating, and future predicting. In addition, the contributors are not shy about providing examples of what they consider to be poor representations of science fiction craft as well as successful models.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A guide with tips on how to write and sell science fiction by the Science Fiction writers of American. Contains some pretty good ideas by established writers.

[Gabriel]

I finally found it! After years of trying to remember what it was called. I still don't know what to rate it, though, since I haven't read it in ages and my opinion of it may have changed since then.

[Rena]

amazing that things are still current