Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction: How to Create Out-of-This-World Novels and Short Stories

This book will be of interest if you want to write more compelling sci fi and fantasy or if you’re just interested in the field. It has both advice, writing tips, and essays on the state of the field. In contrast to other books, this one excels in its explanations, particularly the fact that they’re backed up with examples to hammer points homeIf you found this review useful in any way I’d be super grateful if you clicked the “helpful” button below to let me know :)

I bought this book for my son in law to be who is a budding writer. He says it's great,so I am pleased he has found it useful.

All good, recommend

Brilliant book, highly recommended for any creative witter!

Recommended for those entering the world of writing fantasy.It gives quite an insight into the right approach for successful writing

I wish I’d read the reviews more thoroughly before purchasing this title because it’s a great disappointment and some eagle-eyed reviewers had already spotted the problem with this book.I was very excited to see a new book on this subject so I couldn't wait to add it to my collection but it’s basically two earlier books now published as one: How to write science fiction and fantasy by Orson Scott Card (1991) and The Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference (2000) published by Writer's Digest. The only changes are that one chapter has been omitted from one book and there are a couple of new chapters in the middle to briefly cover fantasy and science fiction changes since the original books were published. Other than this the text is identical. And as I already own the original two books, this book adds nothing to my library. Plus because they’ve pushed two books into the space of one, the print is tiny and it’s not a pleasant reading experience.And I feel a bit like this is a very sneaky attempt to make money off the unsuspecting as there is nothing in the copyright pages or anywhere else that I can see to say that this is a reprint of old material. Most copyright pages flag when material has been previously published and I’m not sure why Writer’s Digest omitted this information. I’m hoping it was an oversight.Because the quality of the content is still good some twenty to thirty years after first publication I can’t give this less than three stars but because I’m annoyed at having bought something I already own I can’t give it more than three.

I liked everything

I really think this is helping me to get my story(s) on its feet. It has some great advice and the notes it has you take really help organize your thoughts into something useful. Very happy with this!

:) Great book and it came fast :)

Un imprescindible, libro completisimo y si el inglés no es un inconveniente lo recomiendo totalmente

Orson Scott Card has a beautiful way with words.

The book was excellent apparently - bought as a gift