Science-fiction Studies, Volume 26, Part 2SFS Publications., 1999 - Science fiction |
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But on the bare idea of such strange chances Jules Verne has engrafted a wealth of most persuasive detail . He has fenced them with instances and calculations , not much more trustworthy perhaps that the calculation in Mokeanna ...
But on the bare idea of such strange chances Jules Verne has engrafted a wealth of most persuasive detail . He has fenced them with instances and calculations , not much more trustworthy perhaps that the calculation in Mokeanna ...
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... and The First Men in the Moon ; satiric fantasies , such as The Wonderful Visit and The Sea Lady ; a naturalistic romance , in The Wheels of Chance ; a realistic novel of modern life , in Love and Mr. Lewisham ; a couple of volumes ...
... and The First Men in the Moon ; satiric fantasies , such as The Wonderful Visit and The Sea Lady ; a naturalistic romance , in The Wheels of Chance ; a realistic novel of modern life , in Love and Mr. Lewisham ; a couple of volumes ...
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Caught amid external forces over which the individual has no control and buffeted by chance , humanity becomes the victim of nature .... From the boy inventors and “ scientific detectives ” to the space operas and future histories of ...
Caught amid external forces over which the individual has no control and buffeted by chance , humanity becomes the victim of nature .... From the boy inventors and “ scientific detectives ” to the space operas and future histories of ...
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Contents
A HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION CRITICISM | 161 |
Gary Westfahl The Popular Tradition of Science Fiction | 187 |
Hassler The Academic Pioneers of Science Fiction | 213 |
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