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Even newer book... well sort of actually it's a very old book.
Of Worlds Beyond: The Science of Science Fiction Writing, edited by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
There a 1947 edition but there's a cheaper 1964 edition that can be bought for around $10.00 on most used sites. Writers; John Taine, Jack Williamson, A.E. van Vogt, L. Sprague de Camp, E.E. ÒDocÓ Smith, John Campbell, Jr., and Robert A. Heinlein.
Lawrence Block: "Telling Lies for fun and Profit" Lawrence Block: "Writing the Novel from Plot to Print" Lawrence Block: "Spider, Spin me a Web" Lawrence Block: "The Liar's Bible"
I also have these fairly new acquisitions: Steven Pressfield: "The War of Art" Steven Pressfield: "Do the Work" Blake Snyder: "Save the Cat" (Recommended by Mercedes Lackey) Robert McKee: "Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting"