Science Fiction Writers

by Bleiler, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780684805931
• ISBN10: 0684805936
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Charles Scribners Sons/Reference

Summary

The Scribner Writers Series has set the standard for literary reference for more than 25 years. In addition to addressing the lives and careers of important writers, the articles discuss the themes and styles of major works and place them in pertinent historical, social and political contexts for today's readers. Novelists, playwrights, essayists, poets, short story writers, and more recently, genre writers in science fiction and mystery, are all expertly discussed in the more than 16 sets comprising this series.Since the first edition was published in 1999, 20 new essays have been added on authors ranging from Gregory Benford and Katherine MacLean to Lucius Shepard and Gene Wolfe. In addition, 19 essays have been extensively revised. Pictures of most of the 96 authors have been added, and the set has been reorganized in alphabetical order for ease of use.

Table of Contents

Chronology	xi
Introduction to the Second Edition	xv
Introduction to the First Edition	xxiii
Brian W. Aldiss	1	(12)
Poul Anderson	13	(10)
Isaac Asimov	23	(12)
J. G. Ballard	35	(8)
Greg Bear	43	(14)
Gregory Benford	57	(14)
Alfred Bester	71	(10)
Michael Bishop	81	(8)
James Blish	89	(8)
Ray Bradbury	97	(10)
David Brin	107	(12)
John Brunner	119	(12)
Algis Budrys	131	(8)
Edgar Rice Burroughs	139	(8)
Octavia Butler	147	(12)
John W. Campbell, Jr.	159	(10)
Karel Capek	169	(10)
Orson Scott Card	179	(12)
C. J. Cherryh	191	(12)
Arthur C. Clarke	203	(10)
Hal Clement	213	(8)
Richard Cowper	221	(8)
L. Sprague de Camp	229	(8)
Samuel R. Delany	237	(14)
Philip K. Dick	251	(10)
Gordon R. Dickson	261	(8)
Thomas M. Disch	269	(8)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	277	(8)
Harlan Ellison	285	(14)
Philip Jose Farmer	299	(10)
William Gibson	309	(14)
H. Rider Haggard	323	(8)
Joe Haldeman	331	(8)
Harry Harrison	339	(14)
Robert A. Heinlein	353	(14)
Frank Herbert	367	(12)
Fred Hoyle	379	(8)
Aldous Huxley	387	(10)
David H. Keller	397	(6)
Damon Knight	403	(10)
C. M. Kornbluth	413	(8)
Ursula K. Le Guin	421	(16)
Fritz Leiber	437	(8)
Murray Leinster	445	(8)
Stanislaw Lem	453	(14)
C. S. Lewis	467	(8)
H. P. Lovecraft	475	(12)
Katherine MacLean	487	(10)
Richard Matheson	497	(8)
Judith Merril	505	(8)
A. Merritt	513	(8)
Walter M. Miller, Jr.	521	(12)
Michael Moorcock	533	(12)
C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner	545	(8)
Pat Murphy	553	(10)
Larry Niven	563	(12)
Chad Oliver	575	(8)
George Orwell	583	(12)
Edgar Allan Poe	595	(10)
Frederik Pohl	605	(12)
Christopher Priest	617	(12)
Kim Stanley Robinson	629	(8)
Joanna Russ	637	(12)
Eric Frank Russell	649	(6)
Margaret St. Clair	655	(6)
Luis Philip Senarens	661	(6)
Garrett P. Serviss	667	(6)
Robert Sheckley	673	(8)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley	681	(8)
Lucius Shepard	689	(8)
M. P. Shiel	697	(8)
Robert Silverberg	705	(10)
Clifford D. Simak	715	(8)
Clark Ashton Smith	723	(6)
Cordwainer Smith	729	(8)
E. E. Smith	737	(8)
Olaf Stapledon	745	(12)
Bruce Sterling	757	(10)
Theodore Sturgeon	767	(8)
John Taine	775	(10)
William Tenn	785	(6)
Sheri S. Tepper	791	(8)
James Tiptree, Jr.	799	(14)
Jack Vance	813	(12)
A. E. van Vogt	825	(10)
Jules Verne	835	(14)
Kurt Vonnegut	849	(14)
Howard Waldrop	863	(8)
Ian Watson	871	(12)
Stanley G. Weinbaum	883	(6)
H. G. Wells	889	(8)
Kate Wilhelm	897	(12)
Jack Williamson	909	(10)
Connie Wills	919	(8)
Gene Wolfe	927	(12)
S. Fowler Wright	939	(8)
John Wyndham	947	(8)
Roger Zelazny	955	(10)
List of Contributors	965	(2)
General Bibliography	967	(2)
Index	969