Science-fiction Studies, Volume 18, Issue 2SFS Publications, 1991 - Science fiction |
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Page 202
... Characters , however , use language to create meaning for their lives . Since nothing anchors the meaning of these words , nobody can predict what that meaning will be . The characters in Schismatrix are , as Spivak says in a different ...
... Characters , however , use language to create meaning for their lives . Since nothing anchors the meaning of these words , nobody can predict what that meaning will be . The characters in Schismatrix are , as Spivak says in a different ...
Page 231
... characters , with plenty of exciting action - stories whose adherence to scientific accuracy and psychological plausibility was coun- terbalanced by numerous inconsistencies . Still , the most notable of these early pulp classics - The ...
... characters , with plenty of exciting action - stories whose adherence to scientific accuracy and psychological plausibility was coun- terbalanced by numerous inconsistencies . Still , the most notable of these early pulp classics - The ...
Page 235
... characters , the mood , and so on . In most of my fiction I've had a basic goal of presenting a theme and finding ways to tie the broad theme to a plot which will get the human complex involved . I try not to make the pre- planned ...
... characters , the mood , and so on . In most of my fiction I've had a basic goal of presenting a theme and finding ways to tie the broad theme to a plot which will get the human complex involved . I try not to make the pre- planned ...
Contents
Jim Jose Reflections on the Politics of Le Guins Narrative Shifts | 180 |
Richard P Terra and Robert M Philmus Russian and Soviet | 210 |
Larry McCaffery An Interview with Jack Williamson | 230 |
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