Science-fiction Studies, Volume 33, Issue 3SFS Publications, 2006 - Science fiction |
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Page 448
Or , as he says in his Foundation essay , " SF had a foolishly false image of itself , a pose of self - importance which would flicker out at the snap of a reality switch ” ( “ Not Taking ” 9 ) . This tenuous , tenebrous world that is ...
Or , as he says in his Foundation essay , " SF had a foolishly false image of itself , a pose of self - importance which would flicker out at the snap of a reality switch ” ( “ Not Taking ” 9 ) . This tenuous , tenebrous world that is ...
Page 526
But it says nothing substantively different from Swanwick's first essay here : sf is a unique form of literature , it demands rigor and faith , it doesn't have to be narrowly predictive , and so forth . It exemplifies , in short ...
But it says nothing substantively different from Swanwick's first essay here : sf is a unique form of literature , it demands rigor and faith , it doesn't have to be narrowly predictive , and so forth . It exemplifies , in short ...
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He wishes , he says , to draw the thesis from the examples rather than “ fitsting ] my authors to a procrustean thesis ” ( xii ) . This withholding of thesis can be a bit frustrating but it also gives the book something of the feel of a ...
He wishes , he says , to draw the thesis from the examples rather than “ fitsting ] my authors to a procrustean thesis ” ( xii ) . This withholding of thesis can be a bit frustrating but it also gives the book something of the feel of a ...
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