Reference Books For SF Writers
Filed under Uncategorized • 07-06-2008 •
I thought I’d share some of the reference books I’ve found particularly helpful while writing science fiction stories. All these come highly recommended:
- About Writing – Samuel Delany
- Entering Space – Robert Zubrin
- Gabay’s Copywriter’s Compendium – J. Johnathan Gabay
- Ernest Hemingway on Writing – Ed. Larry W. Phillips
- How To Write Damn Good Fiction – James N Frey
- The Starflight Handbook – Eugene F. Mallove & Gregory L. Matloff
- Mining The Sky – John S. Lewis
- Big Questioons In Science – Ed. Harriet Swain
- No Plot? No Problem! – Chris Baty
- Introducing Relativity – Bruce Bassett
Do you have any reference works you use time and again? Drop a comment and share your favourites…
Orson Scott Card’s How to write Science Fiction and Fantasy is quite good.
I also like to dive into Stephen King’s On Writing for inspiration.
Well it’s not a book on writing Sf but about it’s history: The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of by Thomas M. Disch.
Insightful, intelligent, witty and superbly written.