Cosmic Critiques: How and Why Ten Science Fiction Stories Work [Signed by Author Charles Fontenay]

Signed by Author Charles Fontenay on his story page to Jeri [Kandel] No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, age-toning is the only flaw to note. Appears unread; no spine crease. The book is from the estate of Jeri Kandel of Sarasota, Florida. Jeri an aspiring Sci Fi/Horror author was active in the Florida West Coast Sci Fi – Fantasy community. She was a "volunteer" for DragonCon in Atlanta and other Florida West Coast and Orlando events as an active member of ASFA where she acquired amazing autographs. Includes "The Last Question" in it—Asimov’s favorite of his own short fiction, Signed by Author Charles Fontenay on hos story page to Jeri [Kandel] No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, age-toning is the only flaw to note. Appears unread; no spine crease. The book is from the estate of Jeri Kandel of Sarasota, Florida. Jeri an aspiring Sci Fi/Horror author was active in the Florida West Coast Sci Fi – Fantasy community. She was a "volunteer" for DragonCon in Atlanta and other Florida West Coast and Orlando events as an active member of ASFA where she acquired amazing autographs.he ten stories collected here are so compelling they’ll immediately pull you into the worlds they create. And after reading them, you’ll learn exactly why and how they do it… These stories were chosen by Isaac Asimov and Martin Greenberg as representative of the major subgenres within science fiction, including unabashed space opera, future history, if-this-goes-on, and cyberpunk. The stories illustrate the spectrum of major topics found in science fiction as it is today. Each story begins with an introduction by Asimov, where he provides background on the story, defines the genre of which it is a part, and examines why it is representative of that genre. Then, following each story, you’ll find specific nuts-and-bolts commentary about the craft each author used in creating the story. These stories in themselves offer quite a "good read." Taken together with the explanations and analyses, these stories offer insight and inspiration that you can apply to your own writing. If you love science fiction, whether as a reader or a writer, you’ll finish this book with a new understanding of the science fiction genre.…