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My first recommendation is a single - author study which contributes much to our
understanding of American sf . This is H . Bruce Franklin ' s Robert A . Heinlein :
America as Science Fiction ( 1980 ) . Its relevance , as its title indicates , lies in ...
My first recommendation is a single - author study which contributes much to our
understanding of American sf . This is H . Bruce Franklin ' s Robert A . Heinlein :
America as Science Fiction ( 1980 ) . Its relevance , as its title indicates , lies in ...
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In Some Kind of Paradise he usefully situates early American sf within the context
of the impact of technological changes between 1870 and 1910 , and proceeds
to read a wealth of titles ( sometimes overdoing the plot summaries ) from the ...
In Some Kind of Paradise he usefully situates early American sf within the context
of the impact of technological changes between 1870 and 1910 , and proceeds
to read a wealth of titles ( sometimes overdoing the plot summaries ) from the ...
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Harris ' s early career as an sf writer - a quasi - American sf writer - was inspired
in 1930 by his coming upon the American pulp magazine Wonder Stories in the
lounge of the Penn Club , a London Quaker residence , then in Tavistock Square
...
Harris ' s early career as an sf writer - a quasi - American sf writer - was inspired
in 1930 by his coming upon the American pulp magazine Wonder Stories in the
lounge of the Penn Club , a London Quaker residence , then in Tavistock Square
...
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Gary Westfahl The Popular Tradition of Science Fiction | 187 |
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