Articles related to "Science Fiction Writer"

If you're serious about writing science fiction, you need to read the professional markets, the trade journals, and science and technology magazines.

If you're new to writing science fiction, here are a few books about the history of the genre, its craft, and the science underlying it to get you started.

The SFWA created the Nebula Award; its work has benefited writers; and its website is a mine of information on speculative-fiction for fans, with scores of reading lists

These magazines are open to submissions from new or experienced science fiction writers, and offer payment for publication.

A novel of 'quiet horror' that's been filmed with actors such as Lon Chaney in the 1944 Weird Woman and Peter Wyngarde in the Charles Beaumont-scripted Night of the Eagle

Connie Willis, author of The Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog, is one of science fiction's most decorated authors with six Nebula Awards and ten Hugos.

Today's robots use simple programming compared to the human brain. But as technology evolves with Artificial Intelligence, will the Three Laws of Robotics hold true?

Brief biography and work of American writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., best-known for Slaughterhouse-Five.

James Van Pelt has maintained his edge since his first story was published in 1990. This popular author has found a way to balance life, work and writing.

Attending one of the intensive science fiction and fantasy writers' workshops, or boot camps, may help you get your professional career off the ground.

Clearly influenced by Marilyn Hacker, a successor to Frank Herbert's Dune, the story of poet Rydra Wong tied with Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon for the SFWA's prize.

When Sir Arthur Clarke died this year at the age of ninety, it marked the passing away of one of the 20th century's most brilliant scientific minds.

J.K. Rowling's sold more books; Stephen King and Ray Bradbury have literary respectability; Isaac Asimov wrote SF, but is Fritz Leiber the greatest writer of them all?

Newsagents, desk research in libraries and the internet provide a vast array of magazines, from Angling Times to Zoobooks, via Dr. Who, Star Trek and The X-Files.

Brief biography of English short-story writer and historian H.G. Wells, best known for his science fiction works such as The Time Machine and The Invisible Man.

Biography of Isaac Asimov, mid-1950s outstanding American science fiction writer, famous for Foundation Trilogy, Nightfall, among others.

The SFWA's choices include an extract from Camouflage by Joe Haldeman, stories by Nancy Kress, Robert J. Sawyer, two by Kelly Link, and a 'lost' Harlan Ellison novella.

Former Analog and Omni supremo Bova edits the SFWA's choices for the best stories of 2006 and picks Elizabeth Hand, Peter S. Beagle, James Patrick Kelly and others.

Fiction writers do extensive research to include details that make their short stories and novels ring true. The writing process includes fact-finding and note taking.

The news makes Scifi conventions seem like gatherings of weirdos, but your favorite writer's coming to town. Here's how to have a great time at your first con.

The latest award winning novels and stories voted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America including Joe Haldeman, Gene Wolfe, Jack McDevitt and Nancy Kress

Brief biography and books of Ray Bradbury, one of the founders of modern science fiction, best known for Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and other sci-fi novels.

When David Gordon decides to adopt Dennis, he takes on a little boy who honestly believes he's from Mars

SFWA's first Grand Master won four Hugo awards although his best, The Door Into Summer, eluded the prize, and his The Past Through Tomorrow is the seminal future history.

American Earth is comprised of essays, excerpts, poems, song lyrics,classic cartoons, color photos and a chronology of the American environmental movement.

L. Frank Baum's Oz is one of the happiest, most magical fantasy kingdoms, but later writers have told stories of a darker, more sinister Oz.

World Fantasy Award nominated writer Hal Duncan talks world politics and ruminates on skybikes and hoverboards as inventions he'd like to see realised in his lifetime.

Robert J. Sawyer talks about writing for television, what fictional character he would be for a day, and admits he is optimistic about innovation in genre fiction.

Here's a list of books that are particularly useful to fantasy and science fiction writers.

NASA inspired millions to reach for the stars. Many did, and in so doing, changed Science Fiction.

Looking for a quick sf fix? Here's ten marvelous sf or fantasy short stories available on-line.

Brief biography of A.A. Milne, one of the greatest children's writers who created the classic fictional characters Winnie-the-Pooh or Pooh Bear and his friends.

Several contemporary authors have written their own adult versions of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Most have added a new twist to this beloved fairy tale story.

For over fifty years with novels like Hothouse and HARM, and short stories including one filmed as AI, Aldiss has entertained, confounded and infuriated SF readers

Some insects spend the winter in a stage of frozen animation. To survive, they developed methods to prevent frost injury.

Douglas Adams was a famous author best-known for his Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy books. The series' sixth book was published posthumously in October 2009.

Communications satellites often use geosynchronous orbits because they remain stationary above the same location on Earth.

Don't let your textbook load discourage you from reading for fun! Here are suggestions for engrossing novels to keep on your desk for a study break.

One of the earliest writers of science-fiction (including The War of the Words). H.G. Wells was also a well know social commentator during his lifetime.

The latest from Joe Hill is a subtle, creepy thriller, the kind you wouldn't want to read in an old house at night. It's also one of the best novels of 2007.

Learn how to market your writing by creating a writer's website, doing public readings, and being ready for the media.

Kate Wilhelm's Storyteller is part-memoir of the Clarion Workshop, and part 'how-to' writing book which perfectly complements husband Damon Knight's Writing Short Fiction

The University of Southern Maine and Seton Hill University now offer low-residency master's degrees in writing genre or popular fiction.

The SFWA's choice has classics by Harlan Ellison, Samuel R. Delany and Fritz Leiber; Anne McCaffrey's first ever Pern visit and Michael Moorcock's definitive Easter story

The 2004 winners and runners-up from the annual Nebula Awards presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America, edited this year by Jack Dann

Physicists doing research in optics and metamaterials may someday move invisibility cloaking from the realm of fantasy and magic to the realm of science and technology.

How science fiction movies and books violate Einstein's relativity theory with travel faster than the speed of light.

Fiction by Will McIntosh, Sarah Thomas, Genevieve Williams and Will Ludwigsen; reviews by John Clute and Bruce Sterling;poetry by Joanne Merriam, Robert Borski and others

Techniques of the Selling Writer is an essential guide for writing a novel or short story and getting published. It has been a bestselling writing book for over 15 years.

Most fantasy and science fictions novels require major world-building, which involves both real and imagined aspects.