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Writing the Science Fiction Film

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Writing the Science Fiction Film is a comprehensive guide that delves into the art of crafting science fiction screenplays. It explores the unique storytelling possibilities within the genre and highlights how science fiction can powerfully illuminate the human condition while remaining commercially successful.
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Writing the Science Fiction Film

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Writing the Science Fiction Film is the first book to fully explore all aspects of science fiction scriptwriting.

Science fiction is not only the most powerful genre available to explore the human condition, it's also consistently the most profitable. Writing the Science Fiction Film describes the kinds of stories that work best as science fiction, explores the parameters of the science fiction genre, and shows what science fiction can offer to writers that other genres cannot.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781615931361

Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: Michael Wiese Productions

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 250

About the Author

Robert Grant is a filmmaker, screenwriter, critic, and script consultant based in London, with a penchant for science fiction and fantasy. He sits on the jury of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction Literature, the most prestigious science fiction award the UK has to offer, and is one of the core team behind The London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film. Grant runs the workshops and panels that make up the filmmaking and literary strands of the festival, as well as serving as Literary Editor for Sci-Fi-London.com.

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