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Page 176
... fairy tales " : Fiction has the privilege of looking into the future . But if that which fiction narrates is really to inspire in us a sense of trust , then fiction must take counsel with reality and conform closely to experience ...
... fairy tales " : Fiction has the privilege of looking into the future . But if that which fiction narrates is really to inspire in us a sense of trust , then fiction must take counsel with reality and conform closely to experience ...
Page 184
... fairy tale of social felicity .... It was not till I began to work out the details of the scheme by way of explaining how the people of the thirtieth century disposed of the awkward problems of labor and avoided the evils of a ...
... fairy tale of social felicity .... It was not till I began to work out the details of the scheme by way of explaining how the people of the thirtieth century disposed of the awkward problems of labor and avoided the evils of a ...
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... fairy tale as well , has one purpose , clear and simple : the purpose of entertaining you . It is first as entertainment that The Best of Science Fiction is offered , with only a slight and faintly uneasy salaam to the writers who have ...
... fairy tale as well , has one purpose , clear and simple : the purpose of entertaining you . It is first as entertainment that The Best of Science Fiction is offered , with only a slight and faintly uneasy salaam to the writers who have ...
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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