Science-fiction Studies, Volume 26, Part 2SFS Publications., 1999 - Science fiction |
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Page 179
... whole business of the fantasy writer is to keep everything else human and real . Touches of prosaic detail are imperative and a rigorous adherence to the hypothesis . Any extra fantasy outside the cardinal assumption immediately gives a ...
... whole business of the fantasy writer is to keep everything else human and real . Touches of prosaic detail are imperative and a rigorous adherence to the hypothesis . Any extra fantasy outside the cardinal assumption immediately gives a ...
Page 182
... whole narrative ...... .. This is a real misfortune , or punishment of the sceptical attitude , for you cannot write a romance or a story of adventure without human interest . ( Chesterton , " The First Men in the Moon , " 1902 , 135 ) ...
... whole narrative ...... .. This is a real misfortune , or punishment of the sceptical attitude , for you cannot write a romance or a story of adventure without human interest . ( Chesterton , " The First Men in the Moon , " 1902 , 135 ) ...
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whole project : science fiction . No analytic or literary - critical definition of the term is ever offered - indeed , no explicit definition at all . Often , Disch seems to be assuming a marketing definition - that is , science fiction ...
whole project : science fiction . No analytic or literary - critical definition of the term is ever offered - indeed , no explicit definition at all . Often , Disch seems to be assuming a marketing definition - that is , science fiction ...
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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