Science-fiction Studies, Volume 26, Part 2SFS Publications., 1999 - Science fiction |
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Page 219
The existence of this bomb and the inevitable spread of the secret of its
manufacture brings us now , abruptly , into a new era , the Atomic Age , on whose
threshold we stand chattering the ancient formulas of Babel . . . . Many ideas in
these ...
The existence of this bomb and the inevitable spread of the secret of its
manufacture brings us now , abruptly , into a new era , the Atomic Age , on whose
threshold we stand chattering the ancient formulas of Babel . . . . Many ideas in
these ...
Page 314
On the other hand , it fosters the illusion that the body is an insignificant
appendage of human existence , and extinguishes the basis for personal agency
. Without such agency and some provision for judgment , interdependence is ...
On the other hand , it fosters the illusion that the body is an insignificant
appendage of human existence , and extinguishes the basis for personal agency
. Without such agency and some provision for judgment , interdependence is ...
Page 315
fantasies that denigrate actual physical existence , Hayles offers her book as an
intervention at “ a critical juncture when interventions might be made to keep
disembodiment from being rewritten , once again , into prevailing concepts of ...
fantasies that denigrate actual physical existence , Hayles offers her book as an
intervention at “ a critical juncture when interventions might be made to keep
disembodiment from being rewritten , once again , into prevailing concepts of ...
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Gary Westfahl The Popular Tradition of Science Fiction | 187 |
Criticism 19261980 | 213 |
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