Editing Reginald Bretnor (section)

===Symposia on science fiction===
Reginald Bretnor organised and edited several substantial volumes, inviting leading SF authors and science writers to contributing essays to his virtual symposia,<ref name="Nicol1974">{{cite web |url=http://www.depauw.edu/SFs/reviews_pages/r3.htm#c3 |title=Bretnor Returns |publisher=[[DePauw University]] |work=Science Fiction Studies #3 |first=Charles |last=Nicol |author-link=Charles Nicol |date=Spring 1974 |access-date=2008-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509164511/http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/reviews_pages/r3.htm#c3 |archive-date=2008-05-09 }}</ref> including the following, discussing the science fiction genre:

* ''Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium'' (1975, with [[Frederik Pohl]], [[Poul Anderson]], [[Jack Williamson]], [[Ray Bradbury]], [[Hal Clement]], [[Isaac Asimov]], [[Frank Herbert]], [[Hugo Gernsback]], [[Theodore Sturgeon]], [[A. E. van Vogt]], [[Cory Panshin]], [[Larry Niven]], [[James Blish]], [[Harlan Ellison]], [[E. E. Smith]])<ref name = SFcompendium1>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=52dlAAAAMAAJ |title=Google Book Search: Science Fiction, Today and Tomorrow |isbn=9780060104672 |access-date=2008-12-12|last1=Bova |first1=Ben |year=1974 |publisher=Harper & Row }}</ref>
* ''The Craft of Science Fiction: A Symposium on Writing Science Fiction and Science Fantasy'' (1976, with [[Robert A. Heinlein]], [[Frederik Pohl]], [[Larry Niven]], [[Poul Anderson]], [[Harlan Ellison]], [[Hal Clement]], [[A. E. van Vogt]], [[Frank Herbert]], [[Jerry Pournelle]], [[Isaac Asimov]], [[Jack Williamson]], [[Norman Spinrad]])<ref name=SFcompendium2>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=up1ZAAAAMAAJ&q=The+Craft+of+Science+Fiction |title=Google Book Search: The Craft of Science Fiction |isbn=9780060104610 |access-date=2008-12-12|last1=Bretnor |first1=Reginald |year=1976 |publisher=Harper & Row }}</ref>
* ''Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future'' (1953,<ref name=SFcompendium3>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j2YOAAAAIAAJ&q=Modern+Science+Fiction:+Its+Meaning+and+Its+Future|title=Google Book Search: Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future |access-date=2008-12-12|last1=Campbell |first1=John W. |year=1953 }}</ref> second edition 1979, with [[John W. Campbell, Jr.]], [[Anthony Boucher]], [[Fletcher Pratt]], [[L. Sprague de Camp]], [[Isaac Asimov]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]], [[Philip Wylie]], [[Gerald Heard]])<ref name="MSF_1979">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gChaAAAAMAAJ&q=Second+edition|title=Google Book Search: Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future 'second edition' |isbn=9780911682236 |access-date=2008-12-12|last1=Campbell |first1=John Wood |year=1979 |publisher=Advent Publishers }}</ref>