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Title: World Building by Ben Bova, Stephen L. Gillett ISBN: 1-58297-134-X Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent and imaginative reference
Comment: This is a superb guide to world building, firmly grounded in physics yet pushing the envelope of imagination. It contains a number of fascinating ideas which I'm sure will add richness to my SF writing, and at the same time provides lots of useful equations for working out the details. The chapter on planets which might bear life "not as we know it" is the most fascinating, though far too short. However, my one complaint is about that chapter. Gillett is repeatedly too quick to assume that the absence of fire and uncorroded metals would trap an alien race in the Stone Age forever. An imaginative writer could surely think of other routes to technology. Overall, though, a splendid book and an invaluable resource for the hard-SF writer.
Rating: 5
Summary: Unique in its beauty
Comment: This is probably the best and only book that clearly states the current understanding of stars and formation/evolution of planets around them, in plain speech. The information is as extensive as it is scientifically accurate which is a great plus for an aspiring fiction writer who does not want to look over the countless pages of an Encyclopaedia Formulae on astrophysics. Besides the numerous formulas one needs to create a (scientifically) cohesive world, Gillett also gives many tidbits from the fiction writing over the course of time, allowing you to become familiar with the possibilities of several future technologies/discoveries. Also included are several studies of fictuous odd-ball worlds ( one is an ocean world filled with sulfuric acid). This book will likely be useful to the writer as well as the explorer within everyone.
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazing and Informative
Comment: I could go on and on about how helpful this book is. It has been absolutely indispensible to me while designing my latest (and largest) world. There's a lot to think about, but this book helps you organize your thoughts, it's very easy to understand, and it presents the information in such a way that it's easy to look up things quickly when you need them. Awesome... ^.^
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Title: Aliens and Alien Societies (Science Fiction Writing Series) by Stanley Schmidt ISBN: 0898797063 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: The Science of Science Fiction Writing by James E. Gunn ISBN: 1578860113 Publisher: Scarecrow Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy by Orson Scott Card, Orson Scott Card ISBN: 158297103X Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing) by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0898799279 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Space Travel (Science Fiction Writing Series) by Ben Bova, Anthony R. Lewis, Tony Lewis ISBN: 0898797470 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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