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✨ Words Beyond Worlds: Essays on Fantasy, Fiction & Writing 📚
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feby Dump
Essays that explore the craft of writing, the magic of storytelling, and the deeper meaning behind sci-fi and fantasy. 🌌🖋️
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The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
A practical and poetic guide to the craft of narrative writing, especially for those drawn to the imaginative.
Steering The Craft: 21st-Century Guide
A feminist sci-fi classic + modern intro essays that contextualize its impact.
Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
Personal essays on writing, feminism, aging, and language a spiritual companion to The Language of the Night.
The Wave in the Mind - Ursula K. Le Guin
Collected speeches and essays on culture, feminism, art, and politics through a deeply speculative lens.
Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
Part memoir, part masterclass King’s take on storytelling and the role of imagination.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft: King, Stephen
A visually stunning guide to writing sci-fi/fantasy with creative, nonlinear insights from genre legends.
Wonderbook: Guide to Creating Fiction
A scholarly but approachable overview of the genre Le Guin helped shape.
A Short History of Fantasy by Mendlesohn & James
A razor-sharp and essential feminist critique that directly ties into how speculative voices are silenced or dismissed.
How to Suppress Women's Writing
Not just a novel Le Guin’s added commentary on gender, worldbuilding, and reception makes it a meta reading experience.
Excerpt from The Left Hand of Darkness
Late-life essays, full of wit and clarity Le Guin on cats, aging, politics, and purpose.
No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin
Atwood explores science fiction, myth, and storytelling with insight, humor, and a touch of skepticism especially relevant to genre boundaries.
In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination – Margaret Atwood
Not genre-specific, but poetic, fragmented essays on memory, storytelling, and identity great for lovers of metaphor and layered narrative.
Maps to Anywhere
A crowdsourced time capsule of thought provoking online essays about sci-fi, fantasy, diversity, and fandom.
Speculative Fiction 2012: Best Reviews & Essays
Explosive, unapologetic essays on writing, feminism, and the speculative fiction industry from a fierce genre voice.
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
