Captain's Blog
Ahoy, Critterfolk!
New entry Dec 20
Critter Notices
P&E Readers' Poll
Preditors & Editors / Critters annual best-of Readers' Poll is now open! Vote for your favorites!
How to Write SF
Hot off the presses from ReAnimus Press! The Craft of Writing Science Fiction that Sells by Ben Bova, best-selling author and six-time Hugo Award winner for Best Editor. (This is one of the books your ol' Critter Captain learned from himself, and I highly recommend it.)
Free Books
I've got five review copies of my newest ebook, A PRIVATE MUTINY and of the Vonnegut/Catch22-esque SIDE EFFECTS available for those who'd like one.
Book Recommendation
I wholeheartedly think you'll like this book ("Biff America" - humor) and want to recommend it to you.
Announcing ReAnimus Press
If you need help making ebooks from manuscripts or print copies—or finding great stuff to read—look no further! An ebook publisher started by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a 12% Affiliate program.) [More]
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FEATURED BOOK
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Statistical Data
Statistics for how different groups of books scored. The upper left of each block is the name of the group (e.g. "Classic SF/F"). The number of books in that category is below, e.g. "N=24". The statistics are from the "desc" program (part of the |STAT package.)
SF/F: ============================================================
N=50
Mean Median Midpoint Geometric Harmonic
22.502 19.750 40.335 18.159 14.151
SD Quart Dev Range SE mean
15.097 8.485 73.330 2.135
Minimum Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Maximum
3.670 12.000 19.750 28.970 77.000
classic SF/F: ============================================================
N=24
Mean Median Midpoint Geometric Harmonic
29.909 27.000 44.000 26.653 23.903
SD Quart Dev Range SE mean
15.611 7.650 66.000 3.187
Minimum Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Maximum
11.000 19.350 27.000 34.650 77.000
non-classic SF/F: ============================================================
N=26
Mean Median Midpoint Geometric Harmonic
15.665 14.670 30.250 12.742 10.280
SD Quart Dev Range SE mean
11.012 5.835 53.160 2.160
Minimum Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Maximum
3.670 8.500 14.670 20.170 56.830
non-SF/F: ============================================================
N=18
Mean Median Midpoint Geometric Harmonic
54.884 60.750 54.085 51.024 46.544
SD Quart Dev Range SE mean
19.269 15.585 67.830 4.542
Minimum Quartile 1 Quartile 2 Quartile 3 Maximum
20.170 34.830 60.750 66.000 88.000
Additional Material
- Common Objections — Gain more insight by reading how others objected
- Quiz and More Quotes — Illustrating relationships or the lack thereof in SF and non-SF, and some for you to guess
- Book Scores — The raw data for the books scored
- Add Your Own Scores — Compute your own and share them, takes just a minute or two
- Statistical Summary — how the different categories scored
- Share Your Thoughts
