Science-fiction Studies, Volume 18, Issue 1SFS Publications, 1991 - Science fiction |
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Page 72
... kind of protagonist in Malzberg's fiction is the imitation hero . Quir , of In the Enclosure ( 1973 ) , thinks of himself as a hero . He admires his own sexual prowess and considers himself physically and mentally above his compatriots ...
... kind of protagonist in Malzberg's fiction is the imitation hero . Quir , of In the Enclosure ( 1973 ) , thinks of himself as a hero . He admires his own sexual prowess and considers himself physically and mentally above his compatriots ...
Page 88
... kind of petty thinking that he had engaged in through most of the story and short - circuit AM's pleasure through an act of “ killing to be kind . " Quir , by contrast , is motivated by visions of his own glory as well as by his desire ...
... kind of petty thinking that he had engaged in through most of the story and short - circuit AM's pleasure through an act of “ killing to be kind . " Quir , by contrast , is motivated by visions of his own glory as well as by his desire ...
Page 127
... kind of critical attention accorded Dick , Heinlein , Herbert , or Le Guin ; but I was a bit surprised to read Stover's flat declaration that " no academic literature exists " on Harrison ( 134 ) other than a fanzine , a fan ...
... kind of critical attention accorded Dick , Heinlein , Herbert , or Le Guin ; but I was a bit surprised to read Stover's flat declaration that " no academic literature exists " on Harrison ( 134 ) other than a fanzine , a fan ...
Contents
Can Science Fiction | 11 |
W Warren Wagar J G Ballard and the Transvaluation of Utopia | 53 |
Philmus The Two Faces of Philip K Dick | 91 |
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