Science-fiction Studies, Issues 29-31SFS Publications., 1983 - Science fiction |
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Page 72
... human survivors - our hero and heroine , the converse of Adam and Eve - to watch the whole show on TV , where we actually see footage from previous disaster movies , with earthquakes , volcanoes , fires , floods , and so on . We get a ...
... human survivors - our hero and heroine , the converse of Adam and Eve - to watch the whole show on TV , where we actually see footage from previous disaster movies , with earthquakes , volcanoes , fires , floods , and so on . We get a ...
Page 300
... human characteristics , he makes what we ordinarily reject- the animal and the alien within us - seem suddenly human and acceptable . And like all good fantasies , Spielberg's film not only transforms the strange into the familiar but ...
... human characteristics , he makes what we ordinarily reject- the animal and the alien within us - seem suddenly human and acceptable . And like all good fantasies , Spielberg's film not only transforms the strange into the familiar but ...
Page 317
... human , being . How can a human author describe a being which is definitely gifted with reason , but which , with equally categorical certainty , is not human ? The bare assertion of its reasonableness will not do , since the genre must ...
... human , being . How can a human author describe a being which is definitely gifted with reason , but which , with equally categorical certainty , is not human ? The bare assertion of its reasonableness will not do , since the genre must ...
Contents
ARTICLES | 7 |
James Gunn The Gatekeepers | 13 |
Martin Bridgstock A Psychological Approach to Hard | 50 |
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