Science-fiction Studies, Issues 29-31SFS Publications., 1983 - Science fiction |
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Page 47
... discussion is essentially a summary of Culler's extended discussion of the first three levels of vraisemblance ( SP , pp . 140-48 ) . He also discusses at length ( pp . 148-60 ) the two remaining levels : the “ conventionally natural ...
... discussion is essentially a summary of Culler's extended discussion of the first three levels of vraisemblance ( SP , pp . 140-48 ) . He also discusses at length ( pp . 148-60 ) the two remaining levels : the “ conventionally natural ...
Page 111
... discussion to come , that between " knowledge " and " mean- ing . " While the knowledge that SF stories contain is often " dated by the time the ink dries , ” “ the meaning is always new and always reassuring : the efforts to know , to ...
... discussion to come , that between " knowledge " and " mean- ing . " While the knowledge that SF stories contain is often " dated by the time the ink dries , ” “ the meaning is always new and always reassuring : the efforts to know , to ...
Page 112
... discussion of Golem 100 , Bester's fourth SF novel , which was published in 1980 , two years before this monograph . Obviously Wendell's manuscript was completed before the publication of Bester's novel ( whose forthcoming publication ...
... discussion of Golem 100 , Bester's fourth SF novel , which was published in 1980 , two years before this monograph . Obviously Wendell's manuscript was completed before the publication of Bester's novel ( whose forthcoming publication ...
Contents
ARTICLES | 7 |
James Gunn The Gatekeepers | 13 |
Martin Bridgstock A Psychological Approach to Hard | 50 |
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