Science-fiction Studies, Volume 4SFS Publications., 1977 - Science fiction |
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Page 146
... theme is that of technology , and the apparent paradox in much science fiction that the more man tries to deny his autochthonous origins through technology , the more he is reminded of them . All three themes are evident in the short ...
... theme is that of technology , and the apparent paradox in much science fiction that the more man tries to deny his autochthonous origins through technology , the more he is reminded of them . All three themes are evident in the short ...
Page 165
... theme of Ellison's Harlequin . The theme is the futility of protest in effecting social change . We are left with only the existential Angst of the great tragicomic clown - hero who valiantly throws himself under the wheels of the great ...
... theme of Ellison's Harlequin . The theme is the futility of protest in effecting social change . We are left with only the existential Angst of the great tragicomic clown - hero who valiantly throws himself under the wheels of the great ...
Page 208
... themes , " the latter superseding the former today . " Space travel " is a theme , but “ the galactic em- pire " is also a theme , and a “ scientific " one into the bargain . The “ alternative universe " is another theme : why not an ...
... themes , " the latter superseding the former today . " Space travel " is a theme , but “ the galactic em- pire " is also a theme , and a “ scientific " one into the bargain . The “ alternative universe " is another theme : why not an ...
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