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Blurb: "Those Who Can is the best teaching anthology for courses in writing SF ever. There is simply nothing else that approaches this book. The essays are provocative and informative and beautifully written. The stories illustrate the points of the essays perfectly. The writers are an honor roll of accomplished talents and the stories chosen by them to match their essays are worth the price of the book as pleasure reading in SF. I have taught with the help of this book for two decades and it has never failed to be of use to every individual student. This is a book that will contour the shape of SF writing for the next generation."
-David Hartwell, editor of The World Treasury of Science Fiction
This unique and provocative collection assembles masterful stories by twelve of science fiction's greatest practitioners, including Samuel R.
Delany • Harlan Ellison • James Gunn • Daniel Keyes • Damon Knight • Ursula K. Le Guin • Frederik Pohl • Joanna Russ • Robert Silverberg • Kate Wilhelm • Jack Williamson • Robin Wilson. Accompanying each story is an eloquent critical essay in which the writer discusses one particular aspect of his or her own story: Damon Knight analyzes theme, Joanna Russ shows how she creates a setting, and Harlan Ellison investigates the creation of a character. The resulting book-first published in 1973 and finally available again-is invaluable for anyone interested in the art and craft of science fiction.
"As informative a look behind the scenes as you're ever likely to see. It's a 'must read' for aspiring science-fiction writers, and excellent for beginning writers of any kind."
-Peter Nicholls, coeditor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
ROBIN WILSON has edited numerous anthologies, including a recent companion volume to Those Who Can, entitled Paragons. The founder of the famous Clarion Writer's Workshop, he now lives in Carmel, California.“