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OF WORLDS BEYOND; A Symnposium; The Science of Science Fiction Writing

OF WORLDS BEYOND; A Symnposium; The Science of Science Fiction Writing

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OF WORLDS BEYOND; A Symnposium; The Science of Science Fiction Writing

by Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur (editor)(Robert A. Heinlein; John Taine; Jack Williamson; A. E. van Vogt; L. Sprague de Camp; Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.; John W. Campbell, Jr.)

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Chicago: Advent Publishers, Inc., 1974. 4th printing, Sept. 1974. Cover art by John Stopa. Includes "Introduction"; "On the Writing of Speculative Fiction" by Robert A. Heinlein; "Writing a Science Novel" by John Taine; "The Logic of fantasy" by Jack Williamson; "Complication in the Science Fiction Story" by A. E. van Vogt; "Humor in Science Fiction" by L. Sprague de Camp; "The Epic of Space" by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.; "The Science of Science Fiction Writing" by John W. Campbell, Jr.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

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Of Worlds Beyond is a collection of essays about the techniques of writing science fiction, edited by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. It was first published in 1947 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 1,262 copies. It has been reprinted by Advent in 1964 and by Dobson in 1965.

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OF WORLDS BEYOND; A Symnposium; The Science of Science Fiction Writing
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Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur (editor)(Robert A. Heinlein; John Taine; Jack Williamson; A. E. van Vogt; L. Sprague de Camp; Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.; John W. Campbell, Jr.)
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1974
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