Science-fiction Studies, Volume 26, Part 2SFS Publications., 1999 - Science fiction |
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Page 183
... claim nothing that will live very far into the next century . " " It is hopelessly doomed . " It is ironic that , far from being the moribund literary genre these critics were convinced it would become , science fiction in the decades ...
... claim nothing that will live very far into the next century . " " It is hopelessly doomed . " It is ironic that , far from being the moribund literary genre these critics were convinced it would become , science fiction in the decades ...
Page 198
... claims of special privilege aside . In essence , both men advocated practicing what Campbell had preached - stories that broke away from conventional boundaries , stories with involving characters , stories that addressed science and ...
... claims of special privilege aside . In essence , both men advocated practicing what Campbell had preached - stories that broke away from conventional boundaries , stories with involving characters , stories that addressed science and ...
Page 201
... claiming the robes of the prophet ... fun , after all , is the primary import of science fiction , which , like the detective story and the fairy tale as well , has one purpose , clear and simple : the purpose of entertaining you . It ...
... claiming the robes of the prophet ... fun , after all , is the primary import of science fiction , which , like the detective story and the fairy tale as well , has one purpose , clear and simple : the purpose of entertaining you . It ...
Contents
Gary Westfahl The Popular Tradition of Science Fiction | 187 |
Hassler The Academic Pioneers of Science Fiction | 213 |
OTHER ARTICLES | 284 |
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