Science-fiction Studies, Volume 26, Part 2SFS Publications., 1999 - Science fiction |
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Page 168
... philosophers and writers ] is to simply say that , to his credit , Monsieur de Bergerac shared the beliefs of many ... philosophical didacticism - such early sf commentators sought above all to portray them as a benign and light source ...
... philosophers and writers ] is to simply say that , to his credit , Monsieur de Bergerac shared the beliefs of many ... philosophical didacticism - such early sf commentators sought above all to portray them as a benign and light source ...
Page 174
... philosophical and refined use of the supernatural in works of fiction is proper to that class in which the laws are represented as altered , not for the purpose of pampering the imagination with wonders , but in order to show the ...
... philosophical and refined use of the supernatural in works of fiction is proper to that class in which the laws are represented as altered , not for the purpose of pampering the imagination with wonders , but in order to show the ...
Page 298
... philosophical beginning as in Wells's book , but the chronicle - like detailing of events is similar . More striking is the similarity between Wells's fidelity to the geography of England , with the Martians destroying actual towns in a ...
... philosophical beginning as in Wells's book , but the chronicle - like detailing of events is similar . More striking is the similarity between Wells's fidelity to the geography of England , with the Martians destroying actual towns in a ...
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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