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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Baen Books
Publication date April 1, 2007
Pages 389
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781416521174
ISBN-10 1416521178
Dimensions 1 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $14.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
Reflecting back over his four-decade career as a writer of science fiction, the award-winning author of Beyond Apollo furnishes an insider's perspective of the genre in a collection of profiles of fellow writers and editors, essays on the history of science fiction, and more. Original.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Barry N. Malzberg reflects back over four decades of writing science fiction, giving an insiderAs view of the field during that time which few can match, both for its authority and for the sharp and witty way he describes the highs and lows of one science fiction writerAs career. He also writes vivid profiles of writers and editors, ranging from the titans who transformed the field, such as John W. Campbell, to once popular writers who are now all but forgotten, such as Hugo Award-winner Mark Clifton. AIf there is any particular cachet to my perspective, A he writes, Ait comes because my career is, perhaps more than some, metaphoric.A The original, shorter version of the book was widely praised, as by the "San Francisco Chronicle": AContains literary criticism ranging over the whole history of the field. . . . this is a mordant, brilliant book, A and by "The Washington Post Book World: " AMalzberg makes persuasively clear that the best of science fiction should be valued as literature and nothing else.A "Breakfast in the Ruins" is an indispensable book for every science fiction reader.

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9781416521174 | details & prices | 389 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.96 lbs | List price $14.00
About: Reflecting back over his four-decade career as a writer of science fiction, the award-winning author of Beyond Apollo furnishes an insider's perspective of the genre in a collection of profiles of fellow writers and editors, essays on the history of science fiction, and more.

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