Science-fiction Studies, Volume 24, Part 2SFS Publications., 1997 - Science fiction |
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Page 306
... chapter 9 , " The Pool of Thanatos , " in which Kerans dons a diving suit in order to explore the sunken planetarium . Ballard's association of the sea both with life and with death is particularly evident in this chapter , in which the ...
... chapter 9 , " The Pool of Thanatos , " in which Kerans dons a diving suit in order to explore the sunken planetarium . Ballard's association of the sea both with life and with death is particularly evident in this chapter , in which the ...
Page 316
... chapter concludes with a brief discussion of Barrie's Mary Rose ( 1920 ) , a popular play based on Scottish materials . Here " the emphasis , as in most Scottish fantasy , and as in Peter Pan , is on the inner and unconscious world ...
... chapter concludes with a brief discussion of Barrie's Mary Rose ( 1920 ) , a popular play based on Scottish materials . Here " the emphasis , as in most Scottish fantasy , and as in Peter Pan , is on the inner and unconscious world ...
Page 335
... chapters 2-13 are interesting and informative ( whether or not viewed as an examplar of what sf criticism should be ) , chapter 1 , " Polemical Introduction , " seems to me both wrong- headed and poorly thought out : there must be at ...
... chapters 2-13 are interesting and informative ( whether or not viewed as an examplar of what sf criticism should be ) , chapter 1 , " Polemical Introduction , " seems to me both wrong- headed and poorly thought out : there must be at ...
Contents
ESSAY Gary Westfahl The Case against Space | 193 |
ON STAR TREK | 207 |
Postfeminism Popular | 226 |
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