Science-fiction Studies, Issues 29-31SFS Publications., 1983 - Science fiction |
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Page 59
... novel is , I believe , an intriguing instance of the operation of literary influence in an SF novel , for it is a case of genuine " intertextuality , " Laurent Jenny's description of a text whose meaning depends on " a pattern of form ...
... novel is , I believe , an intriguing instance of the operation of literary influence in an SF novel , for it is a case of genuine " intertextuality , " Laurent Jenny's description of a text whose meaning depends on " a pattern of form ...
Page 67
... novel , it is because Bester's concept of irony here is so thoroughly Romantic that we can arrive only at a paradox : to the extent that Foyle is a figure of redemption , we owe that redemption not to his virtues but to his viciousness ...
... novel , it is because Bester's concept of irony here is so thoroughly Romantic that we can arrive only at a paradox : to the extent that Foyle is a figure of redemption , we owe that redemption not to his virtues but to his viciousness ...
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... novel to novel is not this basic pattern , but the explanation which the characters and / or the author use to explain the illusory nature of reality- an explanation which , in Dick's final three novels , is grounded in the mystical ...
... novel to novel is not this basic pattern , but the explanation which the characters and / or the author use to explain the illusory nature of reality- an explanation which , in Dick's final three novels , is grounded in the mystical ...
Contents
ARTICLES | 7 |
James Gunn The Gatekeepers | 13 |
Martin Bridgstock A Psychological Approach to Hard | 50 |
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