Science-fiction Studies, Issue 1SFS Publications., 1973 - Science fiction |
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Page 26
... rules of the play , but has no reference outside the rules ; i.e. , it is nothing at all in relation to the world outside the confines of the chessboard . Literary games can never have so great a degree of semantic vacuum , for they are ...
... rules of the play , but has no reference outside the rules ; i.e. , it is nothing at all in relation to the world outside the confines of the chessboard . Literary games can never have so great a degree of semantic vacuum , for they are ...
Page 27
... rules of two kinds : those that realize outer semantic functions as the game unfolds and those that make the un- folding possible . " Fantastic " rules of the second kind -- those that make the unfolding possible -- are not necessarily ...
... rules of two kinds : those that realize outer semantic functions as the game unfolds and those that make the un- folding possible . " Fantastic " rules of the second kind -- those that make the unfolding possible -- are not necessarily ...
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... rules , and in most cases it is the rule of inversion that becomes their method of creation . To write such a story you invert the members of a pair of linked concepts . For example , we think the human body quite beautiful , but in the ...
... rules , and in most cases it is the rule of inversion that becomes their method of creation . To write such a story you invert the members of a pair of linked concepts . For example , we think the human body quite beautiful , but in the ...
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