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Uncle Zip’s Window is talking about SF specifically in this post, but worldbuilding goes on to some extent in any novel, even one set in a “real” place like Chicago or Montgomery, Ala. Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over worldbuilding. Worldbuilding is dull. Worldbuilding literalises the urge [...]
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Shelf Monkey keeps the torch aflame: In the continuing volley of accolades, self-flagellation, and weeping that has followed the death of Kurt Vonnegut, I present, via Boing Boing, Vonnegut’s guide to writing (from his collection Bagombo Snuff Box): Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not [...]
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BookOpinion has collected several Kurt Vonnegut interviews and related videos here.
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