Science-fiction Studies, Volume 29, Issue 1SFS Publications, 2002 - Science fiction |
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Page 36
... represents these issues in His Master's Voice , where communication with an alien is once again represented as an impossible attempt to penetrate a " veil of incomprehensible signs " ( 32 ) . I would like to extend prior discussions by ...
... represents these issues in His Master's Voice , where communication with an alien is once again represented as an impossible attempt to penetrate a " veil of incomprehensible signs " ( 32 ) . I would like to extend prior discussions by ...
Page 76
... represents the flexibility of technology to simulate without limits . It also manifests what Harpham calls the introduction of the mythic in a non - mythic context : a being whose very essence is metamorphic metal , the opposite of the ...
... represents the flexibility of technology to simulate without limits . It also manifests what Harpham calls the introduction of the mythic in a non - mythic context : a being whose very essence is metamorphic metal , the opposite of the ...
Page 99
... representing objects interfused and combined in an unnatural fashion . In the postmodern period , the grotesque ... represent the spectacular sf - grotesque . In them , the bodies of the Aliens , the androids , and the humans undergo ...
... representing objects interfused and combined in an unnatural fashion . In the postmodern period , the grotesque ... represent the spectacular sf - grotesque . In them , the bodies of the Aliens , the androids , and the humans undergo ...
Contents
The Dickian Legacy Postmo | 15 |
Anthony Enns Mediality and Mourning in Stanislaw Lems Solaris | 34 |
Istvan CsicseryRonay Jr On the Grotesque in Science Fiction | 71 |
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