i like watching “making-of” or “behind-the-scenes” featurettes and documentaries about the behind the scenes machinations of movie making, but in terms of literature, I’m not sure what to look for if i want to learn about the process Martha wells went through to conceive the murderbot diaries, for example.

i can search for making-of The Matrix and find documentaries, but not making-of project hail Mary and find similar literary results.

is there a section of literature like this?

should i be reading annotated editions?

thanks

  • @AbouBenAdhemEnglish
    2•4 months ago

    Since all your examples are science fiction, you might be interested in science fiction studies—see in particular the list of societies and journals at the end of the article, which you can go to for studies of particular works.

    • @[email protected]OP
      2•4 months ago

      that’s peculiar there’s no overarching genre for SF studies that i see, just sf studies.

      thanks, at least i can look up a few sf titles to start.