Publication: Notes to a Science Fiction Writer (revised and expanded)

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Publication: Notes to a Science Fiction Writer (revised and expanded)Publication Record # 278793
Author: Ben Bova
Date: 1981-00-00
ISBN: 0-395-30521-7 [978-0-395-30521-8]
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Price:
$5.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: 193
Format:
tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
Type: NONFICTION
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded. First printing by number line. A shortened version of "The Shining Ones" was published in the February 1974 Boy's Life. The full version as it appears here has never before been published.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 6916572
- Reginald-3: 18338

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Nonfiction Title: Notes to a Science Fiction Writer • (1975) • nonfiction by Ben Bova

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • Introduction: The Slushpile • (1975) • essay by Ben Bova
9 • Character: Theory • (1975) • essay by Ben Bova
19 • Fifteen Miles • [Kinsman] • (1967) • short story by Ben Bova
37 • Character: Practice • (1975) • essay by Ben Bova
44 • Background: Theory • (1975) • essay by Ben Bova
57 • Men of Good Will • (1964) • short story by Ben Bova and Myron R. Lewis [as by Ben Bova]
65 • Background: Practice • (1975) • essay by Ben Bova
71 • Conflict:: Theory • (1975) • essay by Ben Bova
81 • Stars, Won't You Hide Me? • (1966) • short story by Ben Bova
101 • Conflict: Practice • (1975) • essay by Ben Bova
107 • Plot: Theory • (1975) • essay by Ben Bova
120 • The Shining Ones • (1974) • novelette by Ben Bova
157 • Plot: Practice • (1975) • essay by Ben Bova
162 • The Science Fiction Market • (1980) • essay by Ben Bova
175 • Thinking and Doing • (1975) • essay by Ben Bova
189 • Bibliography (Notes to a Science Fiction Writer) • (1975) • essay by Ben Bova

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