Science-fiction Studies, Volume 4SFS Publications., 1977 - Science fiction |
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Page 111
The first part of THE ASTRONAUTS , describing the preparations for an expedition to Venus , is unbearably slow and full of lectures , and only the second part , “ THE DIARY OF A PILOT , " written with the narrative skill characteristic ...
The first part of THE ASTRONAUTS , describing the preparations for an expedition to Venus , is unbearably slow and full of lectures , and only the second part , “ THE DIARY OF A PILOT , " written with the narrative skill characteristic ...
Page 189
“ The book has not a gleam of conscious humour from cover to cover , ” “ is written in a jargon which has not been English in any period , but has been Family Herald for all time , ” is inartistic to the last degree — and provides ...
“ The book has not a gleam of conscious humour from cover to cover , ” “ is written in a jargon which has not been English in any period , but has been Family Herald for all time , ” is inartistic to the last degree — and provides ...
Page 217
Heinlein in Dimension was written when I was 24 and it has all the limitations of a young man's book . I am aware now , as I was aware at the time , that Heinlein in Dimension is a first statement , and in no sense a final word .
Heinlein in Dimension was written when I was 24 and it has all the limitations of a young man's book . I am aware now , as I was aware at the time , that Heinlein in Dimension is a first statement , and in no sense a final word .
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