Science-fiction Studies, Volume 27, Part 1SFS Publications., 2000 - Science fiction |
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Joshua La Bare The Future : “ Wrapped ... in that mysterious Japanese way ” There has never been a better time to write about the presence of the Japanese in science fiction . With the recent economic collapse in Japan - this ...
Joshua La Bare The Future : “ Wrapped ... in that mysterious Japanese way ” There has never been a better time to write about the presence of the Japanese in science fiction . With the recent economic collapse in Japan - this ...
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Although especially favored by the cyberpunks , Japanese futures recur persistently outside that subgenre , and it seems rare today to find even one near - future sf novel that doesn't contain at least one reference to Japan as a symbol ...
Although especially favored by the cyberpunks , Japanese futures recur persistently outside that subgenre , and it seems rare today to find even one near - future sf novel that doesn't contain at least one reference to Japan as a symbol ...
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Science fiction doesn't predict the future ; it determines it , colonizes it , preprograms it in the image of the present ” ( Wired 104 ) . By projecting the image of the future onto this Japanese mirror wrapping , we are projecting ...
Science fiction doesn't predict the future ; it determines it , colonizes it , preprograms it in the image of the present ” ( Wired 104 ) . By projecting the image of the future onto this Japanese mirror wrapping , we are projecting ...
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Wrapped in that mysterious | 22 |
Michael Fisch Nation War and Japans Future in the Science | 49 |
AI ALife and | 69 |
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