Science-Fiction Handbook

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name = Science-Fiction Handbook
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image_caption = Dust-jacket for "Science-Fiction Handbook"
author = L. Sprague de Camp
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country = United States
language = English
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subject = Writing
publisher = Hermitage House
release_date = 1953
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 328 pp
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"Science-Fiction Handbook" is a guide to writing and marketing science fiction and fantasy by L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp. The original edition by L. Sprague de Camp alone, subtitled "The Writing of Imaginative Fiction", was published in hardcover by Hermitage House in 1953. A revised and expanded edition by both authors, titled "Science-Fiction Handbook, Revised", was published in hardcover by Owlswick Press in 1975 and as a trade paperback by McGraw-Hill in 1977.

The book comprises a comprehensive guide explaining how to write and market science fiction and fantasy. Peripheral subjects such as lecturing and bookkeeping are also discussed, and a short history of the field of imaginative fiction is included. The revised version excised outdated material, updated this historical section, and added more information on the business and records-keeping end of being a writer.

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*cite book | last=Laughlin | first=Charlotte | coauthors=Daniel J. H. Levack | title=De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography | location=San Francisco | publisher=Underwood/Miller | pages=88-89 | date=1983