Science-fiction Studies, Issue 1SFS Publications., 1973 - Science fiction |
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Page 11
... narrative technique . Unity , if there is any in such a composition , frequently is maintained only by an uninspired consistency of style and tone , and by the momentum built up in the unwary reader by the breakneck pace of events ...
... narrative technique . Unity , if there is any in such a composition , frequently is maintained only by an uninspired consistency of style and tone , and by the momentum built up in the unwary reader by the breakneck pace of events ...
Page 21
... narrative is avoided . The reversal in each of these stories shatters the confidence with which Wells's observers set out , but there is no substitute for rationalism as a method . In The War of the Worlds , we are told at the outset ...
... narrative is avoided . The reversal in each of these stories shatters the confidence with which Wells's observers set out , but there is no substitute for rationalism as a method . In The War of the Worlds , we are told at the outset ...
Page 25
... narrative does not consist of his diary -- which is an economical record of things understood and concluded , and not a day - by - day journal of uncertainties and confusions . Winston's diary is an outlet for his rebellious thoughts ...
... narrative does not consist of his diary -- which is an economical record of things understood and concluded , and not a day - by - day journal of uncertainties and confusions . Winston's diary is an outlet for his rebellious thoughts ...
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