Science-fiction Studies, Volume 3SFS Publications., 1976 - Science fiction |
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Page 53
... experience , but on an alternative experience which is merely parallel to our own . An example of what I mean occurs after the story has already become quite fantastic . The ship suddenly takes flight and the narrative shifts to an ...
... experience , but on an alternative experience which is merely parallel to our own . An example of what I mean occurs after the story has already become quite fantastic . The ship suddenly takes flight and the narrative shifts to an ...
Page 61
... experience has provided science fiction with its major analogical model " ( p . 26 ) , that of the discovery or revelation of new worlds ( geographical , astronomical , intellectual ) which severely disrupt one's accepted world view ...
... experience has provided science fiction with its major analogical model " ( p . 26 ) , that of the discovery or revelation of new worlds ( geographical , astronomical , intellectual ) which severely disrupt one's accepted world view ...
Page 261
... experience , i.e. the contemporary view of natural laws and psychology ; in short , it must be explainable and plausible . An effect which occurred simply by magic and could not be explained scientifically would be just as unusable ...
... experience , i.e. the contemporary view of natural laws and psychology ; in short , it must be explainable and plausible . An effect which occurred simply by magic and could not be explained scientifically would be just as unusable ...
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