Science-fiction Studies, Issue 1SFS Publications., 1973 - Science fiction |
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Page 27
... impossible , therefore fantastic , to read the thoughts of a dying man out of his head and reproduce them in language . In such cases we simply have a convention , a tacit agreement between writer and reader-- in a word , the specific ...
... impossible , therefore fantastic , to read the thoughts of a dying man out of his head and reproduce them in language . In such cases we simply have a convention , a tacit agreement between writer and reader-- in a word , the specific ...
Page 29
... impossible occurrences or objects . Even when the happenings it describes are totally impossible , an SF work may still point out meaningful , indeed rational , problems . For example , the social , psychological , political , and ...
... impossible occurrences or objects . Even when the happenings it describes are totally impossible , an SF work may still point out meaningful , indeed rational , problems . For example , the social , psychological , political , and ...
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... impossible and unworkable . It is only when the existence of a rational science permits us to rule the phenomena in question that we can differentiate between wish- ful thinking and reality . When there is no source for such knowledge ...
... impossible and unworkable . It is only when the existence of a rational science permits us to rule the phenomena in question that we can differentiate between wish- ful thinking and reality . When there is no source for such knowledge ...
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