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4.5
When I saw this at the library, I was super excited. Like, I was thinking, "I write science fiction. I love science fiction! OMG, a clever debate about how to do it well!" Unfortunately, this dated (1981) book throws out some mediocre writing advice (nothing bad, but nothing you didn't learn in literature 101) and then reads like "pimp my stories". Like, literally, you'll get a page stating something along the lines of "plot is important", which then skips over to some random science fiction story. It was depressing. Like, I could see this format working if the editor stepped in from time to time and said, "You can see how the plot builds in this section" or whatever. But as it is, I'm just left with some generic device and a not so great story following it.
