Science-fiction Studies, Volume 31, Issue 2SFS Publications, 2004 - Science fiction |
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Page 186
... future . This being the case ( it was not always true in the past , and is a kind of Enlightenment / American - French Revolution discovery ) , visions of the future matter , as being attempts to describe what we are working toward , or ...
... future . This being the case ( it was not always true in the past , and is a kind of Enlightenment / American - French Revolution discovery ) , visions of the future matter , as being attempts to describe what we are working toward , or ...
Page 187
... future being unimaginable , " not as destination but as process , as history . It's not " a future " that is unimaginable , but " a history to a good future place . " This interpretation would fit with Jameson's injunction to " always ...
... future being unimaginable , " not as destination but as process , as history . It's not " a future " that is unimaginable , but " a history to a good future place . " This interpretation would fit with Jameson's injunction to " always ...
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... future ( 428-29 ) . Actually , Seldon's initial paper does not really show how to predict the future . When asked whether he can predict the future , Seldon explains : Not quite , actually . What I have done is much more limited than ...
... future ( 428-29 ) . Actually , Seldon's initial paper does not really show how to predict the future . When asked whether he can predict the future , Seldon explains : Not quite , actually . What I have done is much more limited than ...
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