Into The Genre Sci Fi

Author : M.L. Ronn
Publisher : Author Level Up LLC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Reference
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Be a Writing Machine by M.L. Ronn Pdf

The no-nonsense, no BS guide to becoming a prolific author--available in ebook, paperback, and audiobook! Do you want to write a lot of novels, but can't improve your writing speed? Writing fast is the most important skill you can develop as a writer. While it seems hard to hit high word counts, the secrets are easier than you think. In this writer's guide, prolific author M.L. Ronn pulls back the curtain on the process that he uses to write 6-8 novels a year. He has kept this pace while juggling responsibilities as a husband, father, manager at a Fortune 100 company, and a law school student. The result is a catalogue of over 40 books and counting. Create a writing habit that suits your lifestyle Use writing apps on your phone to double your word count Learn strategies to beat writer's block forever Discover how to write smarter by using unorthodox strategies used by the masters This book is the only thing standing between you and your writing dreams. Write faster, write smarter, beat writer's block, and be the prolific author you've always wanted to be! V1.0

Author : John Ringo,Travis S. Taylor
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781618245304

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Von Neumann's War by John Ringo,Travis S. Taylor Pdf

Somebody was testing a planet-killing weapon on Mars¾ and the next target was Earth Mars is the staging ground. Earth is the target. A storm of invasion gathers as the Red Planet pales and Earth scientists _ amateurs and professionals alike _ race to discover what it portends. Worse news: the horde of self-replicating probes suspected as the cause _ implacable and all-consuming in its own right _ may be only the tip of a full-scale assault. Ideas ¾ the only useful weapon when facing an adversary an order of magnitude more advanced than you are. But against such an enemy, thought without action is as futile as war-making without a plan. Humanitys hope? The _straddlersÓ: intelligent soldiers who know their science ¾ and fighting scientists who have no scruples about using their smarts to kick some alien butt. Yet even with the right people finally on the job, the hour is late. For Mars glows red again. And the swarm is nearly upon us! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). Multiple New York Times and USA Today best-seller John Ringo rocks our world as hard as he did with his ground-breaking "Posleen War" series, teaming with NASA and DOD scientist Travis S. Taylor, a specialist in advanced propulsion and space telescopes ¾ and popular author of Warp Speed and The Quantum Connection ¾ to usher in a new saga of invasion, resistance and heroism! "If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo." ¾Philadelphia Weekly Press on New York Times best-seller John Ringo. "[S]timulating and satisfying speculation." ¾Publishers Weekly on Travis S. Taylor's The Quantum Connection.

Author : Keith M. Johnston
Publisher : Berg
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857850560

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Science Fiction Film by Keith M. Johnston Pdf

Science Fiction Film develops a historical and cultural approach to the genre that moves beyond close readings of iconography and formal conventions. It explores how this increasingly influential genre has been constructed from disparate elements into a hybrid genre. Science Fiction Film goes beyond a textual exploration of these films to place them within a larger network of influences that includes studio politics and promotional discourses. The book also challenges the perceived limits of the genre - it includes a wide range of films, from canonical SF, such as Le voyage dans la lune, Star Wars and Blade Runner, to films that stretch and reshape the definition of the genre. This expansion of generic focus offers an innovative approach for students and fans of science fiction alike.

Author : Randall Frakes,Brooks Peck,Sidney Perkowitz,Matt Singer,Gary K. Wolfe,Lisa Yaszek
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781683835905

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James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction by Randall Frakes,Brooks Peck,Sidney Perkowitz,Matt Singer,Gary K. Wolfe,Lisa Yaszek Pdf

This companion to the AMC’s mini-series features the full interviews plus essays by sci-fi insiders and rare concept art from Cameron’s archives. For the show, James Cameron personally interviewed six of the biggest names in science fiction filmmaking—Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ridley Scott, and Steven Spielberg—to get their perspectives on the importance of the genre. This book reproduces the interviews in full as the greatest minds in the genre discuss key topics including alien life, time travel, outer space, dark futures, monsters, and intelligent machines. An in-depth interview with Cameron is also featured, plus essays by experts in the science fiction field on the main themes covered in the show. Illustrated with rare and previously unseen concept art from Cameron’s personal archives, plus imagery from iconic sci-fi movies, TV shows, and books, James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction offers a sweeping examination of a genre that continues to ask questions, push limits, and thrill audiences around the world.

Author : John Ringo
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781618244840

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Into the Looking Glass by John Ringo Pdf

WORST TWO OUT OF THREE When a 60 kiloton nuclear explosion destroys the University of Central Florida, terrorism is the first suspect. But terrorists don't generally leave doorways to another world in their wake. Or, rather, a generator of doorways to multiple other worlds. With time of the essence, the Secretary of Defense scrounges up the nearest physicist with a high level security clearance. With doctorates in everything from nuclear physics to electrical engineering, William Weaver, PhD, is the egghead's egghead. On the other hand, with skills in everything from mountain biking to screaming electric guitar, he's also fast enough and tough enough to survive when the alien gates start disgorging "demons." As a snap decision, he appears to be the perfect choice, smart, tough and capable. Now if he could only patch things up with his girlfriend, get his boss off his back and get his cellphone bill paid. Oh, yeah, and figure out why the heck these gates keep opening. Okay, so sometimes he's got priority issues. As the gates spread and evil aliens spread with them, it is up to Weaver and SEAL Command Master Chief Miller to find a way to stop the proliferation and close the hostile gates. The problem being that the only way they can see to save the earth is destroy it. Then there's not going to be any more girlfriends or cellphones or bosses . . . Hmmm... Okay, two out of three of those are bad. They're really, really bad. Bad on toast. Bad like the Pacific is watery. Every day a Monday, bad. One and a half at the very least. Worst two out of three. Gotta prioritize. Guess Weaver and Miller are just gonna have to save the world. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Author : Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465583703

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The Game of Rat and Dragon by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger Pdf

Author : Dan Koboldt
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781440353383

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Putting the Science in Fiction by Dan Koboldt Pdf

Science and technology have starring roles in a wide range of genres--science fiction, fantasy, thriller, mystery, and more. Unfortunately, many depictions of technical subjects in literature, film, and television are pure fiction. A basic understanding of biology, physics, engineering, and medicine will help you create more realistic stories that satisfy discerning readers. This book brings together scientists, physicians, engineers, and other experts to help you: • Understand the basic principles of science, technology, and medicine that are frequently featured in fiction. • Avoid common pitfalls and misconceptions to ensure technical accuracy. • Write realistic and compelling scientific elements that will captivate readers. • Brainstorm and develop new science- and technology-based story ideas. Whether writing about mutant monsters, rogue viruses, giant spaceships, or even murders and espionage, Putting the Science in Fiction will have something to help every writer craft better fiction. Putting the Science in Fiction collects articles from "Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy," Dan Koboldt's popular blog series for authors and fans of speculative fiction (dankoboldt.com/science-in-scifi). Each article discusses an element of sci-fi or fantasy with an expert in that field. Scientists, engineers, medical professionals, and others share their insights in order to debunk the myths, correct the misconceptions, and offer advice on getting the details right.

Author : Russell Hoban
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408832240

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Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban Pdf

‘Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down. Thinking on what the idear of us myt be. Thinking on that thing whats in us lorn and loan and oansome.’ Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road. It is desolate, dangerous and harrowing, and a modern masterpiece.

Author : Blake Crouch
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101904237

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Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • COMING SOON TO APPLE TV+ • A “mind-blowing” (Entertainment Weekly) speculative thriller about an ordinary man who awakens in a world inexplicably different from the reality he thought he knew—from the author of Upgrade, Recursion, and the Wayward Pines trilogy “Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the kidnapper knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man he’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.” In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible. Is it this life or the other that’s the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how will Jason make it back to the family he loves? From the bestselling author Blake Crouch, Dark Matter is a mind-bending thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we’ll go to claim the lives we dream of.

Author : Laurie Lamson
Publisher : TarcherPerigee
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780399165559

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Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by Laurie Lamson Pdf

"Featuring speculative fiction-writing exercises from Harlan Ellison, Piers Anthony, Ramsey Campbell, Jack Ketchum, screenwriters of The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Next Generation, and many more. The fifth volume in the acclaimed Now Write! writing-guide series offers a full toolbox of advice and exercises for speculative fiction writers hoping to craft an engaging alternate reality, flesh out an enthralling fantasy quest, or dream up a bloodcurdling plot twist, including: -Harlan Ellison, on crafting the perfect story title -Jack Ketchum, on how economy of language helps create a truly frightening tale -Piers Antony, on making fantastical characters feel genuine and relatable This collection of storytelling secrets from top genre writers-including winners of Nebula, Hugo, Edgar, and Bram Stoker awards-is essential for any writer looking to take a leap beyond the ordinary"--

Author : Carl Freedman,Carl Freedom
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780819574541

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Critical Theory and Science Fiction by Carl Freedman,Carl Freedom Pdf

Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book of the Year. This innovative cultural critique offers valuable insights into science fiction, thus enlarging our understanding of critical theory. Carl Freedman traces the fundamental and mostly unexamined relationships between the discourses of science fiction and critical theory, arguing that science fiction is (or ought to be) a privileged genre for critical theory. He asserts that it is no accident that the upsurge of academic interest in science fiction since the 1970s coincides with the heyday of literary theory, and that likewise science fiction is one of the most theoretically informed areas of the literary profession. Extended readings of novels by five of the most important modern science fiction authors illustrate the affinity between science fiction and critical theory, in each case concentrating on one major novel that resonates with concerns proper to critical theory. Freedman's five readings are: Solaris: Stanislaw Lem and the Structure of Cognition; The Dispossessed: Ursula LeGuin and the Ambiguities of Utopia; The Two of Them: Joanna Russ and the Violence of Gender; Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand: Samuel Delany and the Dialectics of Difference; The Man in the High Castle: Philip K. Dick and the Construction of Realities.

Author : Xavier Dollo,Djibril Morissette-Phan
Publisher : Humanoids, Inc.
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781643379470

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The History of Science Fiction: A Graphic Novel Adventure by Xavier Dollo,Djibril Morissette-Phan Pdf

Journey through time and space with this graphic novel history of the science fiction genre.

Author : John Wade
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1526729253

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The Golden Age of Science Fiction by John Wade Pdf

John Wade grew up in the 1950s, a decade that has since been dubbed the 'golden age of science fiction'. It was a wonderful decade for science fiction, but not so great for young fans. With early television broadcasts being advertised for the first time as 'unsuitable for children' and the inescapable barrier of the 'X' certificate in the cinema barring anyone under the age of sixteen, the author had only the radio to fall back on - and that turned out to be more fertile for the budding SF fan than might otherwise have been thought. Which is probably why, as he grew older, rediscovering those old TV broadcasts and films that had been out of bounds when he was a kid took on a lure that soon became an obsession.For him, the super-accuracy and amazing technical quality of today's science fiction films pale into insignificance beside the radio, early TV and B-picture films about people who built rockets in their back gardens and flew them to lost planets, or tales of aliens who wanted to take over, if not our entire world, then at least our bodies. This book is a personal account of John Wade's fascination with the genre across all the entertainment media in which it appeared - the sort of stuff he revelled in as a young boy - and still enjoys today.

Author : Tahereh Mafi
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062085511

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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi Pdf

The gripping first installment in New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series. One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can leave a fully grown man gasping for air. One touch, and she can kill. No one knows why Juliette has such incredible power. It feels like a curse, a burden that one person alone could never bear. But The Reestablishment sees it as a gift, sees her as an opportunity. An opportunity for a deadly weapon. Juliette has never fought for herself before. But when she’s reunited with the one person who ever cared about her, she finds a strength she never knew she had. And don’t miss Defy Me, the shocking fifth book in the Shatter Me series!

Author : Scot Morgan
Publisher : Thrillaris
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Into the Genre: Sci-Fi by Scot Morgan Pdf

Welcome to the gateway of imagination, where the boundless realms of science fiction unfold before you. In this comprehensive guide, we embark on a journey that transcends the boundaries of reality and explores the vast cosmos of speculative storytelling. This book serves as both an homage to the illustrious heritage of science fiction and a guiding light for aspiring writers navigating the uncharted territories of the genre. Our odyssey begins with a profound discussion on the essence of science fiction itself—an exploration of its origins, evolution, and the distinctive characteristics that have shaped it into a genre of boundless possibilities. Aspiring writers will find invaluable insights into the art of crafting compelling science fiction narratives, delving into the nuances of world-building, character development, and the delicate balance between scientific rigor and creative invention. Dive deeper into the genre’s kaleidoscopic landscape with an illuminating essay on the distinctions between scientifically grounded science fiction and the more fantastical realms of speculative storytelling. Uncover the threads that weave through the tapestry of sci-fi, from hard science fiction to space opera, exploring the rich spectrum of possibilities that captivate readers and writers alike. In contemplating the future of science fiction, we peer ahead into the next century, forecasting the trajectory of a genre that has continually reinvented itself. What tales will unfold, and what imaginative landscapes will capture the minds of readers in the years to come? Join us in pondering these questions and envisioning the future of speculative storytelling. Navigate the well-trodden paths and uncharted territories of science fiction tropes and themes, discovering the narrative elements that have become the building blocks of countless memorable tales. Our curated list of 102 influential science fiction novels spans the decades, showcasing the literary giants who have shaped the genre and left an indelible mark on its legacy. For those seeking inspiration, we offer a treasury of science fiction story ideas, places, spaceships, and alien species, along with a catalog of possible sci-fi items to invigorate your narratives. Venture into linguistic innovation with a collection of made-up words tailor-made for sci-fi contexts, and let your imagination take flight with sample story beginnings designed to spark creativity and ignite the storytelling engines of future science fiction masters. Embark on this odyssey through the cosmos of imagination—a guide, an exploration, and an invitation to forge your own path among the stars of science fiction storytelling. Get Into the Genre: Sci-FI, A Guide for Readers and Writers today! Here's what you'll find in the book: ★ The History ★ The Genre ★ A Guide for Aspiring Writers ★ How Much Science? ★ The Future ★ Tropes and Themes ★ Synopses of 105 Influential Science Fiction Novels (1818-2021) ★ Sci-Fi Story Ideas — for you to use ★ Alien Species — for you to use ★ Spaceships— for you to use ★ Sci-Fi Items— for you to use ★ Sci-Fi Places— for you to use ★ Sci-Fi Words— for you to use ★ Story Beginnings— to fuel your creativity