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This article is from the misc.writing Recommended Reading List FAQ, by Terry L Jeffress jeffress@xmission.com with numerous contributions by others.

2.8 Literary Criticism (misc.writing Recommended Reading List)

McCaffery, Larry. "Across the Wounded Galaxies: Interviews with
Contemporary American Science Fiction Writers." Univ. of
Illinois Press, 1991. ISBN 0-252-06140-3, trade p0-252-06140-
3, trade paperback, $14.95.

Larry McCaffery is best known for his criticism of Donald
Barthelme and other authors of "metafiction," but he has, in
this book, compiled a stunning collection of interviews with
some of America's greatest contemporary SF authors, including
William S. Burroughs, William Gibson, Samuel Delany, Octavia
Butler, Gene Wolfe, Ursula Le Guin, Bruce Sterling, and Greg
Benford. These are not fan-oriented interviews, either, but
involved questions that probe each author's views about his or
her craft and the state of the art in general.

Lem, Stanislaw. "Microworlds: Writings on Science Fiction and
Fantasy." Harcourt Brace, 1986. ISBN 0-15-659443-9, trade
paperback, $11.00.

Lem is probably one of the world's greatest living writers,
and one of the few SF writers to publish a volume which
analyzes the field critically. Lem makes many excellent points
about the state of SF as he saw it when he was writing.

 

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