Speculative Fiction

A Writer's Guide and Anthology

AvBenjamin Warner,Ron Tanner

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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In a time defined by uncertainty, change and inequality, speculative fiction is fast-becoming the genre of the 21st century. Straddling genres such as fantasy, science fiction, dystopia, alternative history, and horror, this book is a comprehensive introduction to the art of writing in this imaginative, fluid, and inclusive mode. An all-in-one textbook combining a craft guide with an extensive, diverse anthology, Speculative Fiction explores the multiplicity of influences that the genre has consumed and incorporated, digs into techniques specific to speculative writing, and gives writers exercises and prompts to begin their own works.In addition, Speculative Fiction features:- Annotated stories to showcase speculative techniques in practice- Interviews with authors about the use of craft in their speculative work- Detailed exploration of techniques from world-building to creating characters to plots and conflict in a specifically speculative mode- Chapters on finding a speculative writing community and workshopping writing within the genreFeaturing the works of such authors as George Saunders, Carmen Maria Machado, Joyce Carol Oates, Sofia Samatar, Rebecca Roanhorse, and many more, this book gives writers the resources to write boldly, differently and freely as they embrace stories that defy, undermine, and subvert reality to welcome hitherto censored or silenced voices, visions, and points of view.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-02-19
Mått:154 x 238 x 20 mm
Vikt:520 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350408487

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Benjamin Warner is Lecturer in the English Department at Towson University, USA. He is the author of the speculative novels Thirst (2016) and Fearless (2023) and his fiction and nonfiction has appeared in Salon.com, The Washington Post Magazine, and Punchnel’s, among others. His website is benjaminwarner.net.Ron Tanner is Professor Emeritus in the Writing Department at Loyola University, Maryland, USA. He is the author of five books, most recently Far West: Stories (2022), which was winner of the 2020 Elixir Press book prize. Other awards for writing include a Faulkner Society gold medal, a Pushcart Prize, a New Letters Award, a Best of the Web Award, and a James Michener/Copernicus Society Fellowship. His website is https://www.ronaldtanner.com/

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Benjamin Warner and Ron Tanner's Speculative Fiction: A Writer's Guide and Anthology is an accessible and charming student centered introduction to the pleasures and possibilities of both the creative writing workshop and genre bending fiction.This book is sure to find a place in many classrooms and bookshelves.

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List of Figures1: A Brief History of Speculative FictionA Bit of Background: When Sci-Fi Met Horror For the First Time2: Your Speculative Fiction CommunityA Bit of Background: Why Dinosaurs Matter3: Starting Your TaleA Bit of Background: Ghosts and Zombies4: Making It StrangeA Bit of Background: Monsters, Dragons, and Magic Swords!5: Building Your Speculative WorldA Bit of Background: Who Put the Goth in Gothic?6: Creating CharactersA Bit of Background: The Hobbit: Elves, Trolls, Fairies, and Goblins!7: Plot & Conflict: Start With a ProblemA Bit of Background: The Power of the Pulps!8: Writing Through WorkshopsA Bit of Background: Moby Dick and Monsters of the Deep!9: RevisionA Bit of Background: When Animals Talk... and Frankisstein, a 21st-Century Love StoryAcknowledgementsAbout the AuthorsIndex