Science-fiction Studies, Issue 1SFS Publications., 1973 - Science fiction |
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Page 8
... Positive reactions to imaginary situations will be associated not only with utopia , and its heretical premise of man's perfectibility , but also with the mythological parallel between utopia and Heaven , whereas negative reactions will ...
... Positive reactions to imaginary situations will be associated not only with utopia , and its heretical premise of man's perfectibility , but also with the mythological parallel between utopia and Heaven , whereas negative reactions will ...
Page 14
... positive achievements , on their own terms . The whole , however , is flawed , not only by deficiencies in style , characterization , and narrative structure , which could presumably be corrected by revision , but also by a fundamental ...
... positive achievements , on their own terms . The whole , however , is flawed , not only by deficiencies in style , characterization , and narrative structure , which could presumably be corrected by revision , but also by a fundamental ...
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... positively toward man , it is the world of the classical fairy tale , in which physics is controlled by morality , for in a fairy tale there can be no physical accidents that result in anyone's death , no irreparable damage to the positive ...
... positively toward man , it is the world of the classical fairy tale , in which physics is controlled by morality , for in a fairy tale there can be no physical accidents that result in anyone's death , no irreparable damage to the positive ...
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