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Jack Dann
Goodreads Author
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in The United States
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December 2009
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https://www.goodreads.com/jackdann
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Wizards: Magical Tales From the Masters of Modern Fantasy
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2007
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The Dragon Book
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2009
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Ghosts by Gaslight
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2011
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Legends of Australian Fantasy
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2010
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Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction
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The Memory Cathedral: A Secret History of Leonardo Da Vinci
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1995
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Unicorns!
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1982
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Magicats!
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1984
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Dreaming Again: Thirty-five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction
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2008
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The Man Who Melted
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1984
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Jack Dann
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Leanbh Pearson's review
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Fiction Writer's Guide to Alternate History, The: A Handbook on Craft, Art, and History:
"I very thought-provoking discussion on alternative history - what it is and is not- a nice roundtable with writers of alternate history and a concise but very informative and valuable addition to the speculative fiction literature."
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Jack Dann
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Diane's review
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The Fiction Writer's Guide to Alternate History: A Handbook on Craft, Art, and History:
"Recommended by a friend because I have 2 possibly 3 stories on alternate history on the go. This is a very good read. There are chapters of recorded conversations between writers like Kim Stanley Robinson that I found useful and interesting. Dann's i"
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Paul's review
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The Fiction Writer's Guide to Alternate History: A Handbook on Craft, Art, and History:
"The heart of this remarkable book is a colloquium, conducted in the previous decade among the leading writers of alternate history. [read my full review over here https://paullevinson.blogspot.com/202... ]"
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“For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I'm surprised where the journey takes me.”
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“But I wanted more. Which is partly why the story took so long to complete. Also I broke one of the unwritten rules of storytelling and told a writing class that I was planning to use the Tunnel in a story, mentioned how I’d already photographed it, timed how long it took to make a crossing, things like that. Which promptly shut the whole thing down. As Ray Bradbury and Frank Herbert, among others, used to stress again and again: you never discuss work in progress, never, not even half-formed projects like mine. I knew the wisdom of such advice only too well, knew that you use the same energy to talk it as to write it and often kill the energy in the process. Still, I let myself do just that.”
― Dreaming in the Dark
― Dreaming in the Dark
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Dear Talie,Let me know what you think of the books.
Cheers! --JACK
Hi Jack -- I've just ordered a "Christmas present" for myself: a tonne of books from your 'BOOKS FOR WRITERS: AN ESSENTIAL LIST' -- looking forward to delving into these!