Science-fiction Studies, Issues 29-31SFS Publications, 1983 - Science fiction |
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The result is that a typical SF text follows the normal conventions of . verisimilitude , uses the devices employed in mundane fiction to convince the reader that the text refers to a real world - but the culture referred to is ...
The result is that a typical SF text follows the normal conventions of . verisimilitude , uses the devices employed in mundane fiction to convince the reader that the text refers to a real world - but the culture referred to is ...
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A fact which is profoundly significant in American culture - race - has become , in the future envisioned by this novel ... the worlds and cultures being described are imaginary : information which the reader of a mundane novel can take ...
A fact which is profoundly significant in American culture - race - has become , in the future envisioned by this novel ... the worlds and cultures being described are imaginary : information which the reader of a mundane novel can take ...
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The most crucial and characteristic technique is an obliquity of approach : rather than describing an alien culture frankly to an “ earth " audience from the outside . the SF author typically writes from the standpoint of an inhabitant ...
The most crucial and characteristic technique is an obliquity of approach : rather than describing an alien culture frankly to an “ earth " audience from the outside . the SF author typically writes from the standpoint of an inhabitant ...
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Editorial | 2 |
James Gunn The Gatekeepers | 15 |
Boris Eizykman Chance and Science | 24 |
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