Letter (Astounding, July 1942): Length Helps in Science-Fiction; the Author Has to Describe a Background of a Whole Culture, Something the Author of Here-and-Now Stories Needn't Do.

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Overview:

Title: Letter (Astounding, July 1942): Length Helps in Science-Fiction; the Author Has to Describe a Background of a Whole Culture, Something the Author of Here-and-Now Stories Needn't Do.
Author: Kenneth L. Harrison
Year: 1942
Type: Essays

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1942 (Unknown, Kenneth L. Harrison, Street & Smith Publications, Inc., $0.25, 132 pages, bedsheet, MAGAZINE)

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