I think it really comes down to "showing" rather than "telling". Of course, as has been mentioned before, methods differ, but your descriptions...
Space opera is what got me into the genre. As a kid, the big battles of Star Wars and Zahn's Conquerors' Trilogy were some of my favorites. I've...
I'd agree with what has been said. The reader usually doesn't care so much how the technology works, whether it's feasible, etc (it's still...
The vibrancy of New York is something that truly must be experienced to be understood. My father was a cop there, and living on Long Island we...
Science fiction introduces a scientific technology or idea (plausible, or implausible, either works) and then examines new ways in which human...
Though this is from a movie and not literature, I think the beginning to last year's Oblivion immediately jumped to mind for me as a good example...
I'm going to have to back up Caeben and say start with the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last...
Look on the bright side, at least he hasn't published it yet. A friend of mine hooked me up with an acquaintance who had just self-published his...
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne. I'm quite the sci-fi buff, so I thought it would be good to go back to the founding fathers...
I'll second Ender's Game. Possibly my favorite work of literature period. Also, Forever War which has been mentioned is quite good. As well as...
Hi everyone! I joined this forum a while back, forgot about it, happened upon it again recently, and decided I should join up and be a part of the...
Separate names with a comma.