{"id":13955,"date":"2013-04-09T20:44:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T00:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=13955"},"modified":"2013-04-09T20:44:10","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T00:44:10","slug":"sense-of-wonder-now-available-for-kindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/04\/sense-of-wonder-now-available-for-kindle.html","title":{"rendered":"Sense of Wonder &#8211; Now Available for Kindle!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>A book to which I contributed the essay on religion in science fiction is now available for Kindle at less than half the list price of the enormous print volume. The book is <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006TKOUGA\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B006TKOUGA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B006TKOUGA\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/em>, and I am providing the publisher\u2019s description and a list of contents below.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: blue\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: large\"><em>Sense of Wonder \u2013 A Century of Science Fiction<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006TKOUGA\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B006TKOUGA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B006TKOUGA&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B006TKOUGA\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><em>Sense of Wonder<\/em>\u00a0is a broad, inexpensive, single-volume anthology designed to give students a sense both of literature and history. By far the most comprehensive speculative fiction textbook available,\u00a0<em>Sense of Wonder<\/em>\u00a0includes canonical works, stories written in response to those works, and essays on major themes and topics in the field. The book will facilitate a variety of different types of speculative fiction course, whether the course is focused on particular themes, on a chronological look at writers, or on the roots of contemporary SF. Beginning with nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century writers,<em>Sense of Wonder<\/em>\u00a0continues up through the most acclaimed present-day writers. Stories are not treated as purely academic exercises, but contextualized, which is vital in reading a genre where most writers know each other and the relationship between writer and reader is a major factor in how stories are created.<\/p>\n<p>The collection includes 225 stories, poems, and bibliographic essays (contributed by professors who teach science fiction and by SF professionals), with an emphasis on the roots of modern SF. Each story author is given a biographical introduction as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>By far the most comprehensive teaching anthology available for SF \u2013 at about two million words it\u2019s more than twice as long as competing works.<\/li>\n<li>Available in both book and ebook editions \u2013 Only $49.99 for the book and $39.99 for the ebook (or $69.99 for a book and ebook bundle). [NOTE: currently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006TKOUGA\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B006TKOUGA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">on sale on Amazon.com for $22.79<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>A wide variety of stories by both major names and lesser-known but influential writers.<\/li>\n<li>Dozens of essays introducing topics in the field, ranging from space opera to cyberpunk, from early radio dramas to postcolonial SF, from John W. Campbell and his writers to disability in science fiction. Essays are by SF professors, scholars of the field, and SF professionals.<\/li>\n<li>A generous sampling of science fictional poetry \u2013 an important part of the field that\u2019s often missing from textbooks.<\/li>\n<li>Short biographical introductions to each author<\/li>\n<li>An appendix geared to aspiring SF writers, with overviews on submitting manuscripts, literary agents, avoiding publishing scams, writers\u2019 workshops, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early Science Fiction ( -1926)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Edgar Rice Burroughs, from\u00a0<em>A Princess of Mars<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Origins of Science Fiction (Jennifer A. Rea)<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Butler, from Erewhon<\/p>\n<p>Karel Capek,\u00a0<em>R.U.R.<\/em>\u00a0(play)<\/p>\n<p>George Allan England, \u201cThe Thing from-Outside\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Gernsback and His Writers (Richard Bleiler)<\/p>\n<p>D. H. Lawrence, \u201cRobot Poems\u201d (poem)<\/p>\n<p>Mina Loy, \u201cLunar Baedeker\u201d (poem)<\/p>\n<p>Edgar Allan Poe, \u201cMellonta Tauta\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the Baroque in Science Fiction (Thomas F. Bertonneau)<\/p>\n<p>Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, from\u00a0<em>The Last Man<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nineteenth-Century\u00a0Science Fiction (Monique R. Morgan)<\/p>\n<p>Jean Toomer, \u201cHer Lips Are Copper Wire\u201d (poem)<\/p>\n<p>Jules Verne, from Off on a Comet!<\/p>\n<p>Science Fiction and Hidden Histories of Science (Katherine Pandora)<\/p>\n<p>H. G. Wells, \u201cThe Time Machine\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dark Futures and Dystopias (Matthew Crom)<\/p>\n<p>Evgenii Zamyatin, from\u00a0<em>We<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Russian and East European Science Fiction (Sibelan Forrester)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Field Takes Shape (1926-1936)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Miles J. Breuer, \u201cThe Gostak and the Doshes\u201d<\/p>\n<p>American Science Fiction Magazines (Hildy Silverman)<\/p>\n<p>John W. Campbell, \u201cWho Goes There?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John W. Campbell and His Writers (Zahra Jannessari Ladani)<\/p>\n<p>Clare Winger Harris, \u201cThe Diabolical Drug\u201d<\/p>\n<p>H. P. Lovecraft, \u201cAt the Mountains of Madness\u201d and<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarbour Whistles\u201d (poem)<\/p>\n<p>The Lovecraft Circle (Dennis H. Barbour)<\/p>\n<p>Laurence Manning, \u201cThe Man Who Awoke\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Philip Francis Nowlan, \u201cArmageddon-2419 A.D.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Science Fiction on Radio (Tim DeForest)<\/p>\n<p>Nat Schachner, \u201cPirates of the Gorm\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark Ashton Smith, \u201cAfterwards\u201d and \u201cThe Star-Treader\u201d (poems)<\/p>\n<p>E. E. \u201cDoc\u201d Smith, from The Skylark of Space<\/p>\n<p>Space Opera (David Steiling)<\/p>\n<p>Donald Wandrei, \u201cThe Red Brain\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Golden Age (1936-1945)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Isaac Asimov, \u201cNightfall\u201d and \u201cThe Martian Way\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gender Images in Science Fiction (Twila Yates Papay and Paul D. Reid)<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Vincent Benet, \u201cBy the Waters of Babylon,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNightmare for Future Reference\u201d (poem)<\/p>\n<p>Fredric Brown, \u201cArena\u201d<\/p>\n<p>L. Sprague de Camp, \u201cA Gun for Dinosaur\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dinosaurs in Science Fiction (Tim DeForest)<\/p>\n<p>Lester Del Rey, \u201cThe Wings of Night\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lester and Judy-Lynn Del Rey (Frederik Pohl)<\/p>\n<p>Raymond Z. Gallun, \u201cOld Faithful\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edmond Hamilton, \u201cThe Sargasso of Space\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert A. Heinlein, \u201cThe Green Hills of Earth\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andre Norton, \u201cAll Cats Are Grey\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Young Adult Science Fiction (Carol Franko)<\/p>\n<p>Frederik Pohl , \u201cDay Million\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conventions and Fandom (Sheri Giglio)<\/p>\n<p>Clifford D. Simak, \u201cGrotto of the Dancing Deer\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Theodore Sturgeon, \u201cMicrocosmic God\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A.E. van Vogt, \u201cBlack Destroyer\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Space Travel in Science Fiction (Steven Mollmann)<\/p>\n<p>Stanley G. Weinbaum, \u201cA Martian Odyssey\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack Williamson, \u201cThe Firefly Tree\u201d and \u201cThe Metal Man\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mass Market Era (1945-1960)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Poul Anderson \u201cDuel on Syrtis\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alfred Bester \u201cFondly Fahrenheit\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cyborgs (Kyle William Bishop)<\/p>\n<p>James Blish \u201cSurface Tension\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Boucher, \u201cThe Quest for St. Aquin\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Science Fiction Book Reviewing (Tom Easton)<\/p>\n<p>Leigh Brackett, \u201cThe Last Days of Shandakor\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Algis Budrys, \u201cThe Stoker and the Stars\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Science Fiction in Western Europe (Sonja Fritsche)<\/p>\n<p>Arthur C. Clarke, \u201cThe Sentinel\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Science Fiction Film: The Forbidden Genre (Daniel M. Kimmel)<\/p>\n<p>Hal Clement, \u201cUncommon Sense\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World Building (Donald M. Hassler)<\/p>\n<p>Avram Davidson, \u201cOr All the Seas with Oysters\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Philip K. Dick, \u201cThe Defenders\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robots (Amerdeep Singh)<\/p>\n<p>Gordon R. Dickson, \u201cSoldier, Ask Not\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Philip Jose Farmer, \u201cRiverworld\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Religion and Science Fiction (James F. McGrath)<\/p>\n<p>Tom Godwin, \u201cThe Cold Equations\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zenna Henderson, \u201cLoo Ree\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Science Fiction of Death, Dying, and Grief (Kathleen Fowler)<\/p>\n<p>Frank Herbert, \u201cRat Race\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Damon Knight, \u201cThe Country of the Kind\u201d<\/p>\n<p>C. M. Kornbluth \u201cThe Little Black Bag\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fritz Leiber, \u201cA Bad Day for Sales\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murray Leinster, \u201cFirst Contact\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aliens and Alien Worlds (Ericka Hoagland)<\/p>\n<p>Richard Matheson, \u201cBorn of Man and Woman\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judith Merril, \u201cThat Only a Mother\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walter M. Miller Jr., \u201cDeath of a Spaceman\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the End: Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Irene Sywenky)<\/p>\n<p>Ward Moore, \u201cBring the Jubilee\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alternate History (Andrew M. Gordon)<\/p>\n<p>Edgar Pangborn, \u201cThe Golden Horn\u201d<\/p>\n<p>H. Beam Piper, \u201cGraveyard of Dreams\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric Frank Russell, \u201cAllamagoosa\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Science Fiction in the UK (Nick Hubble)<\/p>\n<p>James H. Schmitz, \u201cThe Witches of Karres\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert Sheckley, \u201cThe Prize of Peril\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cordwainer Smith, \u201cThe Game of Rat and Dragon\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack Vance, \u201cSail 25\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The New Wave and Beyond (1960-1975)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brian W. Aldiss, \u201cMan in His Time\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New Wave (Darren Harris-Fain)<\/p>\n<p>Ben Bova, \u201cThe Next Logical Step\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marion Zimmer Bradley, \u201cThe Door Through Space\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donald A. Wollheim (Betsy Wollheim)<\/p>\n<p>John Brunner, \u201cGood with Rice\u201d<\/p>\n<p>F. M. Busby, \u201cIf This Is Winnetka, You Must Be Judy\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Octavia Butler, \u201cBloodchild\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Black Women Writing Speculative Fiction (Ayana Abdallah)<\/p>\n<p>Jack Dann, \u201cGoing Under\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel R. Delany, \u201cDriftglass\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Literary Criticism and Science Fiction (Donald M. Hassler)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>The New Wave and Beyond (1960-1975) (continued)<\/strong>\n<p>Tom Disch, \u201cThe Demi-Urge\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harlan Ellison \u201cJeffty Is Five\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Science Fiction on Television (Jim Davis)<\/p>\n<p>Joe Haldeman, \u201cHero\u201d and \u201cSaul\u2019s Death\u201d (poem)<\/p>\n<p>Military Science Fiction (James D. Macdonald)<\/p>\n<p>R. A. Lafferty, \u201cThus We Frustrate Charlemagne\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Time Travel (Ellen M. Rigsby)<\/p>\n<p>Keith Laumer, \u201cThe Yillian Way\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ursula K. Le Guin, \u201cThe First Contact with the Gorgonids\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Science Fiction and Environmentalism (Lisa Swanstrom)<\/p>\n<p>Anne McCaffrey, \u201cWeyr Search\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fan Fiction (Karen Hellekson)<\/p>\n<p>Vonda McIntyre, \u201cLittle Faces\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Larry Niven, \u201cNeutron Star\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kit Reed, \u201cWhat Wolves Know\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keith Roberts, \u201cThe Lady Margaret\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spider Robinson, \u201cMelancholy Elephants\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joanna Russ, \u201cSouls\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taboos and Dangerous Ideas in Modern SF (Liberty Stanavage)<\/p>\n<p>Robert Silverberg, \u201cPassengers\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norman Spinrad, \u201cNo Direction Home\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James Tiptree Jr., \u201cThe Only Neat Thing to Do\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Varley \u201cThe Persistence of Vision\u201d<\/p>\n<p>News Magazines of the Science Fiction Field (Ian Randal Strock)<\/p>\n<p>Vernor Vinge, \u201cFast Times at Fairmont High\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kurt Vonnegut, \u201c2 B R 0 2 B\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roger Zelazny, \u201cA Rose for Ecclesiastes\u201d<strong>The Paperback Heydey (1975-1990)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greg Bear, \u201cBlood Music\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Germs in Science Fiction (Laurel Bollinger)<\/p>\n<p>Gregory Benford \u201cBow Shock\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hard Science Fiction (C. W. Johnson)<\/p>\n<p>David Brin, \u201cSenses Three and Six\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lois McMaster Bujold, \u201cThe Mountains of Mourning\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disability in Science Fiction (Breyan Strickler)<\/p>\n<p>Pat Cadigan, \u201cPretty Boy Crossover\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cyberpunk (Don Riggs)<\/p>\n<p>Orson Scott Card, \u201cDogwalker\u201d<\/p>\n<p>C. J. Cherryh \u201cThe Sandman, the Tinman and the BettyB\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul Di Filippo, \u201cLittle Worker\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Drake, \u201cRanks of Bronze\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jim Baen (Henry T. Davis with Toni Weiskopf)<\/p>\n<p>Alan Dean Foster, \u201cThe Muffin Migration\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gregory Frost, \u201cMadonna of the Maquiladora\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Goldstein \u201cSplit Light\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James Patrick Kelly, \u201cThink Like a Dinosaur\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Kessel, \u201cBuffalo\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James Gunn and the Center for the Study of SF (Chris McKitterick)<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Moon, \u201cHand to Hand\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James Morrow, \u201cCity of Truth\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Utopian Science Fiction (Samuel Gerald Collins)<\/p>\n<p>Pat Murphy, \u201cRachel in Love\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LGBT Themes in SF (Wendy Gay Pearson)<\/p>\n<p>Terry Pratchett, \u201cDeath and What Comes Next\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Craig Raine, \u201cA Martian Sends A Postcard Home\u201d (poem)<\/p>\n<p>Mike Resnick, \u201cFor I Have Touched the Sky\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kim Stanley Robinson, \u201cThe Lucky Strike\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucius Shepard, \u201cBarnacle Bill the Spacer\u201d and \u201cWhite Trains\u201d (poem)<\/p>\n<p>Graphic Novels and Science Fiction (Peter J. Ingrao)<\/p>\n<p>Joan Slonczewski, \u201cMicrobe\u201d<\/p>\n<p>S. P. Somtow, \u201cFiddling for Water Buffaloes\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Sterling, \u201cBicycle Repairman\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Swanwick, \u201cEdge of the World\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harry Turtledove, \u201cThe Star and the Rockets\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Howard Waldrop, \u201cThe Ugly Chickens\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Connie Willis, \u201cA Letter from the Clearys\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Awards in Science Fiction (Lauren Cunningham)<\/p>\n<p>Gene Wolfe, \u201cSeven American Nights\u201d and \u201cThe Computer Iterates<\/p>\n<p>the Greater Trumps\u201d (poem)<strong>SF in the Age of Consolidation (1990- )<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ayana Abdallah, \u201cShadow Catcher\u201d (poem)<\/p>\n<p>Catherine Asaro, \u201cA Roll of the Dice\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kage Baker, \u201cNoble Mold\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steampunk (Burgsbee L. Hobbs)<\/p>\n<p>Terry Bisson, \u201cBears Discover Fire\u201d and \u201cThey\u2019re Made out of Meat\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ted Chiang \u201cHell is the Absence of God\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cory Doctorow, \u201cWhen Sysadmins Ruled the Earth\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Survivalism (Kyle William Bishop)<\/p>\n<p>Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald, \u201cUncle Joshua and the Groogleman\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karen Joy Fowler, \u201cStanding Room Only\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James Alan Gardner, \u201cThree Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in<\/p>\n<p>the Human Bloodstream\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Hairston, \u201cGriots of the Galaxy\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cathy Park Hong, from Dance Dance Revolution (poems)<\/p>\n<p>Science Fiction and Lyric Poetry (Seo-Young Jennie Chu)<\/p>\n<p>Nalo Hopkinson, \u201cA Habit of Waste\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Postcolonial Science Fiction (Ericka Hoagland)<\/p>\n<p>Mary Robinette Kowal, \u201cEvil Robot Monkey\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Kress, \u201cMy Mother, Dancing\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Lethem, \u201cThe Hardened Criminals\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maureen McHugh, \u201cThe Lincoln Train\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Science Fiction and Anime (Mark Gellis)<\/p>\n<p>Robert J. Sawyer, \u201cFlashes\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Science Fiction in English (Ruby Ramraj)<\/p>\n<p>Darrell Schweitzer, \u201cAlternate Histories,\u201d \u201cScientific Romance,\u201d and<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the Conclusion of the Intersteller War\u201d (poems)<\/p>\n<p>Charles Stross, \u201cLobsters\u201d<strong>Appendices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stories and authors listed alphabetically<\/p>\n<p>Stories listed by date of first appearance<\/p>\n<p>List of poems<\/p>\n<p>List of essays<\/p>\n<p>Science Fiction Writer\u2019s Guides<\/p>\n<p>60 Rules for Writing Short SF (Terry Bisson)<\/p>\n<p>Writer\u2019s Workshops (Debra Doyle)<\/p>\n<p>Inventing the Future (Mike Brotherton)<\/p>\n<p>Submitting a Manuscript (Leigh Grossman)<\/p>\n<p>Literary Agents (Leigh Grossman)<\/p>\n<p>Avoiding Publishing Scams (Leigh Grossman)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Book Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>Visit http:\/\/wonder.swordsmith.com for quotes, reviews, material for teachers, or to request an examination copy<\/div>\n<div>992 pages, 8 1\/2 x 11 paperback<\/div>\n<div>Published by\u00a0The Wildside Press, Rockville Maryland<\/div>\n<div>Edited by\u00a0Leigh Grossman, English Department, University of Connecticut<\/div>\n<div>ISBN-13: 978-1-4344-3079-3<\/div>\n<div>ISBN-10: 1-4344-3079-0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A book to which I contributed the essay on religion in science fiction is now available for Kindle at less than half the list price of the enormous print volume. 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