Science-fiction Studies, Volume 26, Part 2SFS Publications., 1999 - Science fiction |
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Page 171
... kept copies of it in their private libraries ) : I published an unequivocal prediction which encompassed all possible changes from the destruction of the parliaments , the nobility , and the clergy to the new fashion of round hats .
... kept copies of it in their private libraries ) : I published an unequivocal prediction which encompassed all possible changes from the destruction of the parliaments , the nobility , and the clergy to the new fashion of round hats .
Page 176
He likes to just outstrip the possible , and no more ; to go one step beyond his generation , one step outside the habitable world ; and to do this drily and solidly , as though he had originally prepared his facts for a learned Society ...
He likes to just outstrip the possible , and no more ; to go one step beyond his generation , one step outside the habitable world ; and to do this drily and solidly , as though he had originally prepared his facts for a learned Society ...
Page 194
... more broadly , science fiction stories could provide analyses of possible new scientific innovations — to anticipate problems before they occur — and imaginative reconsiderations of past and present situations .
... more broadly , science fiction stories could provide analyses of possible new scientific innovations — to anticipate problems before they occur — and imaginative reconsiderations of past and present situations .
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Contents
A HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION CRITICISM | 161 |
Gary Westfahl The Popular Tradition of Science Fiction | 187 |
Hassler The Academic Pioneers of Science Fiction | 213 |
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