The Craft of Science Fiction
| First published | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Harper & Row |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Nonfiction |
| Cover art | John Clarke |
| Pages | xi+321 |
| Price | $9.95 |
| ISBN | 0060104619 |
Stated first edition (full number line). Includes a complete index, beginning on page 313. Each essay is postfaced by a short uncredited article about the author. PV4 copy's dustwrapper price clipped (top right front flap) and has number 0876 printed bottom right.
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Monte Davis | The Science Fiction Review Monthly, September 1976 |
| 1976 | Neil Barron | Delap's F & SF Review, November 1976 |
| 1976 | Darrell Schweitzer | Science Fiction Review, November 1976 |
| 1976 | John Bartelt | Janus, Dec. 1976 |
| 1977 | Lester del Rey | Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1977 |
| 1977 | Charles N. Brown | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Spring 1977 |
| 1977 | Brian W. Aldiss | Science-Fiction Studies, March 1977 |
| 1977 | Spider Robinson | Galaxy, May 1977 |
| 1977 | Jo Dautzenberg | Holland-SF 1977, #4 |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | SF: The Challenge to the Writer | Reginald Bretnor | Essay |
| 22 | Star-flights and Fantasies: Sagas Still to Come | Poul Anderson | Essay |
| 37 | Hard Sciences and Tough Technologies | Hal Clement | Essay |
| 54 | Rubber Sciences | Norman Spinrad | Essay |
| 73 | Extrapolations and Quantum Jumps | Alan E. Nourse | Essay |
| 89 | Future Writers in a Future World | Theodore Sturgeon | Essay |
| 104 | The Construction of Believable Societies | Jerry Pournelle | Essay |
| 121 | Men on Other Planets | Frank Herbert | Essay |
| 136 | Alien Minds and Nonhuman Intelligences | Katherine MacLean | Essay |
| 161 | Heroes, Heroines, Villains: The Characters in Science Fiction | James Gunn | Essay |
| 178 | The Words in Science Fiction | Larry Niven | Essay |
| 195 | Short Stories and Novelettes | Jack Williamson | Essay |
| 216 | The Science Fiction Novel | John Brunner | Essay |
| 236 | With the Eyes of a Demon: Seeing the Fantastic as a Video Image | Harlan Ellison | Essay |
| 292 | The Science Fiction Professional | Frederik Pohl | Essay |
| ix | Foreword (The Craft of Science Fiction) | Reginald Bretnor | Essay |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| The Craft of Science Fiction: A Symposium on Writing Science Fiction and Science Fantasy |
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1977 | Barnes & Noble Books | Trade Paperback | Nonfiction | 321 | ||
| The Craft of Science Fiction: A Symposium on Writing Science Fiction and Science Fantasy |
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1980 | Barnes & Noble Books | Trade Paperback | Nonfiction | EH 457 | xi+321 |