Science-fiction Studies, Volume 26, Part 2SFS Publications., 1999 - Science fiction |
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Page 194
... present situations . In these ways , science fiction could be “ a way of considering the past , present , and future from a different viewpoint , and taking a look at how else we might do things ... a convenient analog system for ...
... present situations . In these ways , science fiction could be “ a way of considering the past , present , and future from a different viewpoint , and taking a look at how else we might do things ... a convenient analog system for ...
Page 196
... present entertainingly is speculation . Not prophecy , but fictional surmises based on present factors , scientific , social , political , cultural , or whatever " ( " Step Outside , " 1951 , 2 ) . Instead of discussing the scientific ...
... present entertainingly is speculation . Not prophecy , but fictional surmises based on present factors , scientific , social , political , cultural , or whatever " ( " Step Outside , " 1951 , 2 ) . Instead of discussing the scientific ...
Page 240
... present into the determinate past of something yet to come " ( 152 ) . As a result , Jameson argues , sf more properly functions as a marker of our present imaginative limitations than as any kind of future anticipation . For him , this ...
... present into the determinate past of something yet to come " ( 152 ) . As a result , Jameson argues , sf more properly functions as a marker of our present imaginative limitations than as any kind of future anticipation . For him , this ...
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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