Science-fiction Studies, Volume 24, Part 3SFS Publications., 1997 - Science fiction |
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Page 397
... century in his Le Vingtième Siècle ( The Twentieth Century , 1883 ) and found a world where the droll , whimsical images confirmed the fact of progress and universal prosperity : air taxis , aeronefs - omnibus , transatlantic balloons ...
... century in his Le Vingtième Siècle ( The Twentieth Century , 1883 ) and found a world where the droll , whimsical images confirmed the fact of progress and universal prosperity : air taxis , aeronefs - omnibus , transatlantic balloons ...
Page 491
... century warfare " ( 255 ) , although the incident referred to in the novel is the use of rifle and cannon fire to liberate African slaves from imminent execution - hardly a forecast of the " horrors " of modern war . When describing the ...
... century warfare " ( 255 ) , although the incident referred to in the novel is the use of rifle and cannon fire to liberate African slaves from imminent execution - hardly a forecast of the " horrors " of modern war . When describing the ...
Page 507
... century , we individually die . " To survive on a time - scale of a hundred years means to survive as a family , as a nation , as a school of science or art , as an industrial enterprise , or as a religious commun- ity " ( 147 ) . We ...
... century , we individually die . " To survive on a time - scale of a hundred years means to survive as a family , as a nation , as a school of science or art , as an industrial enterprise , or as a religious commun- ity " ( 147 ) . We ...
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111897 | 369 |
The First Main Phase 18711900 | 387 |
Jill Galvan Entering the Posthuman Collective in Philip K Dicks | 413 |
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