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How to Submit a Query Letter by Lillian Cauldwell (8. Mar 2004)
I show the reader two examples of how to write a query letter and how to write a synopsis so that your speculative history novel be accepted for publication.

The African American Science Fiction Character in Literature, Television, and Film by Ben Davis Jr. (8. Mar 2004)
The work is intended as a literary article based on my master's thesis that focused on the works of Octavia Estelle Butler and from a faculty symposium on the sci-fi genre as mythology. This article functions as a kind of survey into how Black characters in science fiction literature, television, and film have grown and have been handled in the pop culture medium over the decades. Sometimes the character is grossly stereotyped or tokenized, deemed unimportant only to serve as "fodder" or is under-appreciated, and how that character is treated as human and not so much as "the other."

The Death of Science Fiction by Bret Funk (8. Mar 2004)
An article discussing several major technological breakthroughs of the last few years and how their development will eventually take the 'fiction' out of science fiction.

Poetics, East and West by Seshendra Sharma (8. Mar 2004)
This article shows Seshendra Sharma's scholarship and masterly handling of poetics.

Print On Demand--The Tempting Siren of the Publishing Business by Denise Weinstein (8. Mar 2004)
POD printing is a mistake for any writer who ever wants to make it in the literary market. Although their promises sound good, POD services do nothing but fleece inexperienced writers.

Literature as a Form of Science Fiction by Peter Bottomley (18. May 2003)
A dissertation on the limits imposed within conventional literature compared with the freedom found in Science Fiction.

How to Stop Writer's Block Cold! by Caterina Christakos (18. May 2003)
Simple effective techniques to leave your writer's block out in the cold.

Starting An Internet e-Publishing Business Was Not Easy by Jay Dubya (18. May 2003)
Aspiring science fiction authors that want to crack into the Internet e-publishing market are given tips or what to do and told exactly how difficult it is to become an established e-book' writer.

SPACE BASED WARFARE by Mike Haran (18. May 2003)
Exames the facts of furure space warfare from a military point of view.Uses a tacical and scientific approach in keeping with correct military analysis

Evolution of a Sidekick by Noelle Hay (18. May 2003)
No matter what you think of sidekicks somewhere in all of us, there is a red-headed wizard in hand me down robes. The function and psychology of sidekicks can be more compelling than the heroes they serve and reveal more about the reader than the author.

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