Science-fiction Studies, Volume 4SFS Publications., 1977 - Science fiction |
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Page 14
One is hard put to name half a dozen memorable characters from all the annals of the genre , to recall any science - fictional protagonist who hangs in the mind with the weight of Raskolnikov , say , or Ahab , or Quentin Compson .
One is hard put to name half a dozen memorable characters from all the annals of the genre , to recall any science - fictional protagonist who hangs in the mind with the weight of Raskolnikov , say , or Ahab , or Quentin Compson .
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I for one would be interested in seeing Fredericks make use of his encyclopedic knowledge of mythology and science fiction to consider why myths have become so prominent a part of the genre , and in what ways — if any — the modes of ...
I for one would be interested in seeing Fredericks make use of his encyclopedic knowledge of mythology and science fiction to consider why myths have become so prominent a part of the genre , and in what ways — if any — the modes of ...
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Chief among them would be studies based on the facts that SF is a genre , and that it is a ( mainly ) paraliterary genre . Any sociological approach to literature , I would feel , becomes really significant when and insofar as it ...
Chief among them would be studies based on the facts that SF is a genre , and that it is a ( mainly ) paraliterary genre . Any sociological approach to literature , I would feel , becomes really significant when and insofar as it ...
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