TABLE OF
CONTENTS
PART ONE: THE FINAL STORIES.. 3
CAL. 4
LEFT TO RIGHT.. 20
FRUSTRATION.. 21
HALLUCINATION.. 23
THE INSTABILITY.. 33
ALEXANDER THE GOD.. 35
IN THE CANYON.. 38
GOOD-BYE TO EARTH.. 39
BATTLE-HYMN.. 42
FEGHOOT AND THE COURTS. 44
FAULT-INTOLERANT.. 45
KID BROTHER.. 48
THE NATIONS IN SPACE.. 53
THE SMILE OF THE CHIPPER.. 55
GOLD.. 57
PART TWO: ON SCIENCE FICTION... 72
THE LONGEST VOYAGE.. 73
INVENTING A UNIVERSE.. 75
FLYING SAUCERS AND SCIENCE FICTION.. 78
INVASION.. 80
THE SCIENCE FICTION BLOWGUN.. 82
THE ROBOT CHRONICLES. 83
GOLDEN AGE AHEAD.. 90
THE ALL-HUMAN GALAXY.. 92
PSYCHOHISTORY.. 94
SCIENCE FICTION SERIES. 96
SURVIVORS. 98
NOWHERE! 101
OUTSIDERS, INSIDERS. 103
SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGIES. 105
THE INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE FICTION.. 107
WOMEN AND SCIENCE FICTION.. 109
RELIGION AND SCIENCE FICTION.. 111
TIME-TRAVEL. 113
PART THREE: ON WRITING SCIENCE FICTION... 115
PLOTTING.. 116
METAPHOR.. 118
IDEAS. 120
SUSPENSE.. 122
SERIALS. 124
THE NAME OF OUR FIELD.. 126
HINTS. 128
WRITING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.. 130
NAMES. 132
ORIGlNALITY.. 134
BOOK REVIEWS. 136
WHAT WRITERS GO THROUGH.. 138
REVISIONS. 140
IRONY.. 142
PLAGIARISM... 144
SYMBOLISM... 146
PREDICTION.. 148
BEST-SELLER.. 150
PSEUDONYMS. 153
DIALOG.. 155
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.. 157