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*So You Want To Write by Marge Piercy  
 
*So You Want To Write by Marge Piercy  
 
*Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His Craft by David Morrell
 
*Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His Craft by David Morrell
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== Links with Book Recommendation Lists ==
 
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* [http://www.amazon.com/NaNoWriMo-national-writing-month-tools/lm/D2YNQO98IY7 Amazon NaNoWriMo tools list]
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/NaNoWriMo-national-writing-month-tools/lm/D2YNQO98IY7 Amazon NaNoWriMo tools list]
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Books-Genre-Novelists-Should/lm/1DAFASHU4VYQV Amazon Writing Books Genre Novelists Should Read]
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Books-Genre-Novelists-Should/lm/1DAFASHU4VYQV Amazon Writing Books Genre Novelists Should Read]
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* Last Legends of Earth, an epic SF adventure by A. A. Attanasio
 
* Last Legends of Earth, an epic SF adventure by A. A. Attanasio
 
* Replay, by Ken Gibson
 
* Replay, by Ken Gibson
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* 9 Princes in Amber, Roger Zelazny
 
* 9 Princes in Amber, Roger Zelazny
 
* The Hollowing, Mythago Wood and Lavondyss, by Robert Holdstock
 
* The Hollowing, Mythago Wood and Lavondyss, by Robert Holdstock
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Favorite SF books for reading/inspiration (feel free to add yours)

  • The Childe Cycle by Gordon R. Dickson (also known as the Dorsai books. Tactics of Mistake and Soldier, Ask Not are very good)
  • Cities in Flight, by James Blish (imagine New York city in flight through space...)
  • The Riverworld series, by Philip Jose Farmer (imagine everyone who ever lived on Earth suddenly all being resurrected on the banks of a million-mile long river...)
  • Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
  • Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card
  • Ender's Shadow, by Orson Scott Card
  • Pastwatch, Orson Scott Card
  • Startide Rising, by David Brin
  • Eon and Eternity, two excellent, thought-provoking novels by Greg Bear
  • Last Legends of Earth, an epic SF adventure by A. A. Attanasio
  • Replay, by Ken Gibson

Favorite Fantasy books for reading/inspiration (feel free to add yours)

  • Black Easter and the Day After Judgement, by James Blish (what if the forces of heaven lost?)
  • Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson (fantasy about Ogier du Danske)
  • The Compleat Enchanter, Le Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
  • The Gift, by Patrick O'Leary (wonderful adventure tale with magic)
  • Seventh Son, by Orson Scott Card
  • Lyonesse, by Jack Vance
  • The Green Pearl, by Jack Vance
  • Madouc, by Jack Vance
  • The Black Company, by Glen Cook (great fantasy series with terrific, memorable characters and neat concepts)
  • Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
  • American Gods, Neil Gaiman
  • Stardust, Neil Gaiman
  • The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
  • 9 Princes in Amber, Roger Zelazny
  • The Hollowing, Mythago Wood and Lavondyss, by Robert Holdstock