Essays and Other Nonfiction

by Chris McKitterick

• A Basic Science Fiction Library
    the annotated, go-to list of influential SF, by McKitterick and James Gunn.
• Defining Science Fiction
• Call to Arms Part I
• Call to Arms Part II
• Goodbye, Jim: James E Gunn, 1923 - 2020
• James E Gunn Biography
• James E and Jane F Gunn Professorship in Science Fiction Studies: A Grand Master's Transcendental Gift
• John W Campbell: The Man Who Invented Modern Fantasy and the Golden Age of Science Fiction
• McKitterick's Patreon posts, including several essays
    (visible to all thanks to generous patrons)
• McKitterick's Nonfiction Bibliography
• Piracy, Freedom, and Making a Living as a Writer
• Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop Resources
• Tons of materials for spec-fic writers on my Spec-Fic Workshop Resources page
• More to come

by James Gunn

• Creating the Literature of Science Fiction Film Series
• From Inside Science Fiction
• Grand Master Award Acceptance Remarks
• Libraries in Science Fiction
• The Protocols of Science Fiction
• From Speculations on Speculation
• Suggestions for Writers (particularly SF writers)
• Teaching Science Fiction
• The Worldview of Science Fiction

    From James Gunn's The Science of Science Fiction Writing

• The Science of Science-Fiction Writing excerpt
• Behind the Science of Science-Fiction Writing
• How to Be a Good Critiquer and Still Remain Friends
• The Worldview of Science Fiction
• The Man Who Invented Tomorrow: H.G. Wells

More SF Essays

• James Gunn, Grandmaster (by John Kessel)
• "P&L" from Mastering the Business of Writing (by Richard Curtis)
• Royalty Statements from How to be Your Own Literary Agent (by Richard Curtis)
• We Are Not Alone (a talk by George Zebrowski)