Urn:lcp:wonderbookillust0000vand:epub:d38d1a4c-716f-472e-8bd2-eb8fcd08d4ae Foldoutcount 0 Identifier wonderbookillust0000vand Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2f4kwhsqfk Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781419704420 Lccn 2012042807 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9917 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-1300139 Openlibrary_edition Yes, it’s practical advice, useful to writers, but it also deserves a place on your coffee table for visitors to flip through and for you to look at again and again.įor the fifth anniversary of the original publication, Jeff VanderMeer has added an additional 50 pages of diagrams, illustrations, and writing exercises creating the ultimate volume of inspiring advice that is also a stunning and inspiring object.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:40:12 Boxid IA40403105 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier On top of all that, the book features sidebars and essays from some of the biggest names working in the field today, including:Ī true objet d’art, this overstuffed, full-color illustrated book features really glorious and cool Lovecraftian artwork of all sorts of outrageous monsters, as well as a host of advice winding their ways around the edges of the pages like marginalia in an illuminated monk’s script. Jeff VanderMeer’s modern masterpiece of instruction exploits the visual nature of genre culture and employs bold, full-color drawings, maps, renderings, and visualizations to stimulate creative thinking.

Wonderbook has become a definitive guide to writing science fiction and fantasy by offering an accessible, example-rich, illustrated approach for writers and would-be writers that emphasizes the importance of playfulness as well as pragmatism. “Aspiring writers of ‘imaginative fiction’-whether science fiction, fantasy or other kinds-are in for a treat.” ― There’s one book that every speculative fiction writer should read to learn about proper worldbuilding: Wonderbook.” ― Bustle “If worldbuilding gives you an S-class migraine, never fear.

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