r/fantasy 2021 Book Bingo - hosted by natrosette

SFF-Related Nonfiction
Back by popular demand! Any nonfiction book that is related to SFF. Could be a book about the history of something in SFF, writing SFF, essays from a SFF writer, etc.

HARD MODE: Published within the last five years. 
All books added
The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien by Wayne G. Hammond

The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Wayne G. Hammond

144 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction art fantasy adventurous relaxing slow-paced
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

What If? #1

Randall Munroe

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Fighting for the Future: Essays on Star Trek: Discovery by

Fighting for the Future: Essays on Star Trek: Discovery

352 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction art classics fantasy history horror science science fiction reflective medium-paced
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee

Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction

Alec Nevala-Lee

544 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes

Pandora's Jar

Natalie Haynes

307 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective medium-paced
Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology by Jess Zimmerman

Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology

Jess Zimmerman

6 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender dark informative medium-paced
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

10 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race science challenging informative medium-paced
Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson

Falling in Love with Hominids

Nalo Hopkinson

8 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Liar's Knot by M.A. Carrick

The Liar's Knot

Rook & Rose #2

M.A. Carrick

639 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman

The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction

Neil Gaiman

544 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays informative inspiring reflective slow-paced