Science-fiction Studies, Volume 24, Part 1SFS Publications., 1997 - Science fiction |
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presumed ' real ' world has now become for us ” ( 311 ; my emphasis ) , he is completely wrong to use the term “ true SF . ” For me at least , true sf , as Clute has said with regards to genre sf , still presumes a “ meaningful ' real ...
presumed ' real ' world has now become for us ” ( 311 ; my emphasis ) , he is completely wrong to use the term “ true SF . ” For me at least , true sf , as Clute has said with regards to genre sf , still presumes a “ meaningful ' real ...
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The one thing Bukatman , in true postmodern fashion , does not allow the body to be is simply a body : everything has to be elevated to a realm of abstract discourse removed from the real world . Metaphorically speaking , most sf allows ...
The one thing Bukatman , in true postmodern fashion , does not allow the body to be is simply a body : everything has to be elevated to a realm of abstract discourse removed from the real world . Metaphorically speaking , most sf allows ...
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David Dalgleish's argument that sf is essentially “ naive ” is thus either true , obtuse ( was : naive ) , or cynical . If his claims for sf and postmodernism are simply true , I can say no more about them because I am outside its truth ...
David Dalgleish's argument that sf is essentially “ naive ” is thus either true , obtuse ( was : naive ) , or cynical . If his claims for sf and postmodernism are simply true , I can say no more about them because I am outside its truth ...
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