Science-fiction Studies, Volume 31, Issue 2SFS Publications, 2004 - Science fiction |
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Page 181
... possible - so that people have asked me about the water slide under the South Pole in my Antarctica , for instance , because they simply can't tell whether such a thing is possible or not anymore . Sometimes it seems like anything is ...
... possible - so that people have asked me about the water slide under the South Pole in my Antarctica , for instance , because they simply can't tell whether such a thing is possible or not anymore . Sometimes it seems like anything is ...
Page 197
... possible to choose a starting point and to make appropriate assumptions that will suppress the chaos . That will make it possible to predict the future , not in full detail , of course , but in broad sweeps ; not with certainty , but ...
... possible to choose a starting point and to make appropriate assumptions that will suppress the chaos . That will make it possible to predict the future , not in full detail , of course , but in broad sweeps ; not with certainty , but ...
Page 266
... possible to take this kind of formal analysis further than Heuser does herself . For a start , there is probably a limited range of thematic puzzles that can be examined through the use of full - immersion VR as a plot device ( these ...
... possible to take this kind of formal analysis further than Heuser does herself . For a start , there is probably a limited range of thematic puzzles that can be examined through the use of full - immersion VR as a plot device ( these ...
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