Science-fiction Studies, Volume 26, Part 2SFS Publications., 1999 - Science fiction |
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Page 208
... genre is that which touches on reality in as many places as possible while maintaining the mood of speculation .... The reader must be able to draw the lines of extrapolation from his own experience or environment — the world in which ...
... genre is that which touches on reality in as many places as possible while maintaining the mood of speculation .... The reader must be able to draw the lines of extrapolation from his own experience or environment — the world in which ...
Page 233
... genre critique , and defies tidy classification ( this is the only author study I've included , because it tells us as much about the history of the genre as it does about one particular science - fiction career ) . I invite readers to ...
... genre critique , and defies tidy classification ( this is the only author study I've included , because it tells us as much about the history of the genre as it does about one particular science - fiction career ) . I invite readers to ...
Page 238
... genre constructed in the context of contemporary theory . Like Alkon's , Landon's Twayne study provides a Chronology of sf titles and includes five chapters of historical analysis : " The Culture of Science Fiction - Rationalizing Genre ...
... genre constructed in the context of contemporary theory . Like Alkon's , Landon's Twayne study provides a Chronology of sf titles and includes five chapters of historical analysis : " The Culture of Science Fiction - Rationalizing Genre ...
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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