Science Fiction Writers

By: Richard Bleiler (Editor)

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Hardcover | 5 January 1999 | Edition Number 2

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Since the first edition was published in 1982, many new writers have joined the pantheon of greats in this genre. New classics have been discovered and unknown treasures that lay buried have been unearthed. Twenty new essays have been added on authors ranging from Gregory Benford and Katherine MacLean to Lucius Shepard and Gene Wolfe. In addition, 19 essays have been extensively revised. Pictures of most of the 96 authors have been added and the set has been reorganized in alphabetical order for ease of use.

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"Since [the first edition was published in 1982] the genre has experienced resurgence of both popular and academic interest, not least because it has been difficult to define...The aspect which makes this book far superior [to others listed earlier in the review] is the writing. Science Fiction Writers communicates an obvious love of the genre. The entries...display a knowledge and enthusiasm for their subjects. The essays are well written and entertaining, and include a select bibliography of works by an about the author...Science Fiction Writers is more than just a reference book...It is certainly good enough to win some converts." --"Reference and Users Services Quarterly" (Winter 1999)

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Fiction Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Encyclopaedias & Reference Works Reference Works General Literary Studies Literary Studies from 1800 to 1900 Literary Studies from 1900 to Current

Chronology	p. xi
Introduction to the Second Edition	p. xv
Introduction to the First Edition	p. xxiii
Brian W. Aldiss	p. 1
Poul Anderson	p. 13
Isaac Asimov	p. 23
J. G. Ballard	p. 35
Greg Bear	p. 43
Gregory Benford	p. 57
Alfred Bester	p. 71
Michael Bishop	p. 81
James Blish	p. 89
Ray Bradbury	p. 97
David Brin	p. 107
John Brunner	p. 119
Algis Budrys	p. 131
Edgar Rice Burroughs	p. 139
Octavia Butler	p. 147
John W. Campbell, Jr.	p. 159
Karel Capek	p. 169
Orson Scott Card	p. 179
C. J. Cherryh	p. 191
Arthur C. Clarke	p. 203
Hal Clement	p. 213
Richard Cowper	p. 221
L. Sprague de Camp	p. 229
Samuel R. Delany	p. 237
Philip K. Dick	p. 251
Gordon R. Dickson	p. 261
Thomas M. Disch	p. 269
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	p. 277
Harlan Ellison	p. 285
Philip Jose Farmer	p. 299
William Gibson	p. 309
H. Rider Haggard	p. 323
Joe Haldeman	p. 331
Harry Harrison	p. 339
Robert A. Heinlein	p. 353
Frank Herbert	p. 367
Fred Hoyle	p. 379
Aldous Huxley	p. 387
David H. Keller	p. 397
Damon Knight	p. 403
C. M. Kornbluth	p. 413
Ursula K. Le Guin	p. 421
Fritz Leiber	p. 437
Murray Leinster	p. 445
Stanislaw Lem	p. 453
C. S. Lewis	p. 467
H. P. Lovecraft	p. 475
Katherine MacLean	p. 487
Richard Matheson	p. 497
Judith Merril	p. 505
A. Merritt	p. 513
Walter M. Miller, Jr.	p. 521
Michael Moorcock	p. 533
C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner	p. 545
Pat Murphy	p. 553
Larry Niven	p. 563
Chad Oliver	p. 575
George Orwell	p. 583
Edgar Allan Poe	p. 595
Frederik Pohl	p. 605
Christopher Priest	p. 617
Kim Stanley Robinson	p. 629
Joanna Russ	p. 637
Eric Frank Russell	p. 649
Margaret St. Clair	p. 655
Luis Philip Senarens	p. 661
Garrett P. Serviss	p. 667
Robert Sheckley	p. 673
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley	p. 681
Lucius Shepard	p. 689
M. P. Shiel	p. 697
Robert Silverberg	p. 705
Clifford D. Simak	p. 715
Clark Ashton Smith	p. 723
Cordwainer Smith	p. 729
E. E. Smith	p. 737
Olaf Stapledon	p. 745
Bruce Sterling	p. 757
Theodore Sturgeon	p. 767
John Taine	p. 775
William Tenn	p. 785
Sheri S. Tepper	p. 791
James Tiptree, Jr.	p. 799
Jack Vance	p. 813
A. E. van Vogt	p. 825
Jules Verne	p. 835
Kurt Vonnegut	p. 849
Howard Waldrop	p. 863
Ian Watson	p. 871
Stanley G. Weinbaum	p. 883
H. G. Wells	p. 889
Kate Wilhelm	p. 897
Jack Williamson	p. 909
Connie Willis	p. 919
Gene Wolfe	p. 927
S. Fowler Wright	p. 939
John Wyndham	p. 947
Roger Zelazny	p. 955
List of Contributors	p. 965
General Bibliography	p. 967
Index	p. 969
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