Science-fiction Studies, Issues 29-31SFS Publications., 1983 - Science fiction |
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... Chance , now called upon to celebrate its own downfall and expulsion from all other spheres of society . Chance , then , that unpredictable toss of the dice , descendant of the Greek mètis , overturns all calculations , all laws ...
... Chance , now called upon to celebrate its own downfall and expulsion from all other spheres of society . Chance , then , that unpredictable toss of the dice , descendant of the Greek mètis , overturns all calculations , all laws ...
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... Chance- either Chance in itself , or as the dominant component of psychic powers or impossible machines . 26 Nietzsche's struggle , as he put behind him a long tradition of rationalism and guilt ( that guilt felt upon confronting the ...
... Chance- either Chance in itself , or as the dominant component of psychic powers or impossible machines . 26 Nietzsche's struggle , as he put behind him a long tradition of rationalism and guilt ( that guilt felt upon confronting the ...
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... Chance . The same momentary disorganization of a well - ordered world may be seen in the insufferably irrational behavior of the little green men who are brought to Earth by Frederick Brown in Martians , Go Home ( 1955 ) . Robert ...
... Chance . The same momentary disorganization of a well - ordered world may be seen in the insufferably irrational behavior of the little green men who are brought to Earth by Frederick Brown in Martians , Go Home ( 1955 ) . Robert ...
Contents
ARTICLES | 7 |
James Gunn The Gatekeepers | 15 |
Martin Bridgstock A Psychological Approach to Hard | 50 |
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