Science-fiction Studies, Issue 1SFS Publications., 1973 - Science fiction |
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Page 10
... attempt this explanation of mythology ? Why , in an SF novel , does he fill several pages with a spiritualistic seance ? Neither was necessary to the theme it would appear , or to the book as a whole . The Overlords ' parallel with the ...
... attempt this explanation of mythology ? Why , in an SF novel , does he fill several pages with a spiritualistic seance ? Neither was necessary to the theme it would appear , or to the book as a whole . The Overlords ' parallel with the ...
Page 11
... attempted more than he can fulfill . The " cosmic viewpoint " which Clarke praised in 1962 in a speech ac- cepting ... attempts to match in grandeur by panoramic wide - angle photographs and impressive - sounding generalizations or ...
... attempted more than he can fulfill . The " cosmic viewpoint " which Clarke praised in 1962 in a speech ac- cepting ... attempts to match in grandeur by panoramic wide - angle photographs and impressive - sounding generalizations or ...
Page 21
... attempt to play down the perception appears more deliberate than Swift's insofar as he was obliged to make more conscious choice of “ eighteenth- century " narrative forms . In later romances Wells dropped the rational observer in favor ...
... attempt to play down the perception appears more deliberate than Swift's insofar as he was obliged to make more conscious choice of “ eighteenth- century " narrative forms . In later romances Wells dropped the rational observer in favor ...
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