Writing Science Fiction

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  Paperback
  1988

  $3.44

  This is a guide to writing science fiction by a published science fiction author. It is aimed at the writer who wants to develop well-paced narrative, improve characterisation and create compelling fiction. Christopher Evans discusses the central concerns of the genre, drawing on the work of such figures as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Brian Aldiss and Christopher Priest. There are chapters on plotting, dialogue and rewriting, and help for those submitting their first novels to publishers. Christopher Evans is the author of Capella's Golden Eyes , The Insider and In Limbo and was previously the editor of Focus , a British Science Fiction Association magazine.