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#unfinishedmasterworks

12 Unfinished SF Novels We Wish We Could Read
Of all the alternate worlds we're dying to visit, the greatest is that mythical room containing every book that was never written. Here are the dozen unfinished novels by science fiction's greatest authors, that we wish we could read. More »

10/23/09

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#exclusive

Samuel Delany Answers Your Science Fiction Questions!
Samuel R. Delany has been away from science fiction for over twenty years — and now he's coming back to it, sort of. His new novel Through The Valley Of The Nest Of Spiders is an introspective future history. More »

06/20/09

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#books

4 Authors We Wish Would Return To Science Fiction
Some of our favorite science fiction authors appear to have left SF behind, after creating stories that live with us forever. We asked Nicola Griffith, Karen Joy Fowler, Samuel R. Delany and Mary Doria Russell why they left the genre. More »

06/10/09

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#springmatingseason

10 Authors Who Put Sex In Their Science Fiction
Sex and science fiction have not always been the most obvious partners; combining the two has occasionally defeated even the genre's greatest luminaries. But here are ten authors who successfully brought sex into the future. More »

04/17/09

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#storytelling

What's The Difference Between Story And Plot?
People always say the story is the most important thing in good science fiction. But excessively "plot-driven" science fiction is dismissed as mindless or worse. What's the difference between story and plot anyway? More »

04/03/09

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#bookreview

Samuel Delany Will Come Into Your House And Shred Your Notebooks
Samuel Delany not only helped redefine science fiction, he's one of a few SF writers who teach writing at the college level. So I was excited to see he'd written a book about writing. More »

01/23/09

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#rant
Do You Really Want Science Fiction Books To Be More Literary?

09/17/08

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Ask Samuel R. Delany Your Pressing Romance Questions!

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