Science-fiction Studies, Volume 18, Issue 1SFS Publications, 1991 - Science fiction |
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David A. Layton The Barriers of Inner and Outer Space : The Science Fiction of Barry N. Malzberg " Ever since Heinlein , " says Gregory Benford , " the most frequent hero to appear in science fiction has been the Competent Man .
David A. Layton The Barriers of Inner and Outer Space : The Science Fiction of Barry N. Malzberg " Ever since Heinlein , " says Gregory Benford , " the most frequent hero to appear in science fiction has been the Competent Man .
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quotation is indicative , it would seem that not only is space exploration as self - exploration a device , it is an inevitability . And yet , again and again in Malzberg's SF there is this theme : space exploration , or any voyage out ...
quotation is indicative , it would seem that not only is space exploration as self - exploration a device , it is an inevitability . And yet , again and again in Malzberg's SF there is this theme : space exploration , or any voyage out ...
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As in Galaxies , the cause of the madness is apparently space itself , whose effect is that everyone judges everyone else insane - a problem no one is prepared to deal with . If space in The Remaking and Beyond Apollo represents the ...
As in Galaxies , the cause of the madness is apparently space itself , whose effect is that everyone judges everyone else insane - a problem no one is prepared to deal with . If space in The Remaking and Beyond Apollo represents the ...
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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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