Science-fiction Studies, Volume 32, Issue 2SFS Publications, 2005 - Science fiction |
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Page 255
... Planet . By this final volume , Robinson has carried the story of environmental transformation far enough to allow embedded vignettes and stories about human adaptations and social constructions . One of these is an extended episode in ...
... Planet . By this final volume , Robinson has carried the story of environmental transformation far enough to allow embedded vignettes and stories about human adaptations and social constructions . One of these is an extended episode in ...
Page 257
... Planet of the Archbuilders glowed like stained - glass windows between these vast ruined frames . ( 48 ) The emphasis on the big sky connects the planet to one of the common tropes of American western writing and contrasts with the ...
... Planet of the Archbuilders glowed like stained - glass windows between these vast ruined frames . ( 48 ) The emphasis on the big sky connects the planet to one of the common tropes of American western writing and contrasts with the ...
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... planet - born generation encounters the new planet's ferocity and danger and takes it all for granted as the conditions of life . In between , the body of the novel centers on the immigrant ship Dusty Miller as it nears the new planet ...
... planet - born generation encounters the new planet's ferocity and danger and takes it all for granted as the conditions of life . In between , the body of the novel centers on the immigrant ship Dusty Miller as it nears the new planet ...
Contents
Carl Abbott Homesteading on the Extraterrestrial Frontier | 240 |
Butler LSD Lying Ink and Lies | 265 |
Animals Kinship and Butlers | 281 |
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