Science-fiction Studies, Issue 1SFS Publications., 1973 - Science fiction |
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... scientific " viewpoint of speculative biology , even the predestined metamorphosis of mankind could be seen simply as an evolutionary step , proceeding according to natural law , with no necessary emotional commitment , positive or ...
... scientific " viewpoint of speculative biology , even the predestined metamorphosis of mankind could be seen simply as an evolutionary step , proceeding according to natural law , with no necessary emotional commitment , positive or ...
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... scientific romances , which were his chief interest , as a species of fairy tale reflecting the endless prospect of technological change and the rigorously logical demands of scientific culture . They were the fairy tales of an asphalt ...
... scientific romances , which were his chief interest , as a species of fairy tale reflecting the endless prospect of technological change and the rigorously logical demands of scientific culture . They were the fairy tales of an asphalt ...
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... scientific literature of his time . It is of course important that Verne read scientific journals carefully , but it is more striking to find in his novels the influence of -- or even references to -- utopian socialists like Fourier and ...
... scientific literature of his time . It is of course important that Verne read scientific journals carefully , but it is more striking to find in his novels the influence of -- or even references to -- utopian socialists like Fourier and ...
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