Science-fiction Studies, Volume 27, Part 1SFS Publications., 2000 - Science fiction |
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Page 109
... hero- or heroine - centered hardboiled series still enjoy great popularity . Three female authors also figure prominently : Yuko Yamao ( 1954- ) , who dramatically elaborates a post - Borgesian magic - realist world ; Izumi Suzuki ...
... hero- or heroine - centered hardboiled series still enjoy great popularity . Three female authors also figure prominently : Yuko Yamao ( 1954- ) , who dramatically elaborates a post - Borgesian magic - realist world ; Izumi Suzuki ...
Page 136
... heroes die and evil triumphs . Tracking the cultural influence of Shinto and Confucianism , Levi concludes that To the ... hero , but they will not save him or her . The universe simply doesn't care . ( 99 ) Levi builds on this idea ...
... heroes die and evil triumphs . Tracking the cultural influence of Shinto and Confucianism , Levi concludes that To the ... hero , but they will not save him or her . The universe simply doesn't care . ( 99 ) Levi builds on this idea ...
Page 181
... heroes like Prometheus and Orestes combating them and bringing fire and justice to humankind , were the first science - fiction tales " ( Pencak 293 ) . Such sweeping statements fail to carry weight when merely asserted : Pencak ...
... heroes like Prometheus and Orestes combating them and bringing fire and justice to humankind , were the first science - fiction tales " ( Pencak 293 ) . Such sweeping statements fail to carry weight when merely asserted : Pencak ...
Contents
Wrapped in that mysterious | 22 |
Michael Fisch Nation War and Japans Future in the Science | 49 |
AI ALife and | 69 |
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