Science-fiction Studies, Volume 20SFS Publications., 1993 - Electronic journals |
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Page 177
... genre- SF writers and fans : I do not , of course , deny the metaphorical level of SF texts . I simply state the obvious , which somehow seems to have been lost in several decades of critical discussion : in a work of science fiction ...
... genre- SF writers and fans : I do not , of course , deny the metaphorical level of SF texts . I simply state the obvious , which somehow seems to have been lost in several decades of critical discussion : in a work of science fiction ...
Page 191
... genre , he iden- tified the Western with a kind of setting , the detective story with a kind of plot , and the best - selling social melodrama with a kind of moral view , one that supported traditional moral values . That he failed to ...
... genre , he iden- tified the Western with a kind of setting , the detective story with a kind of plot , and the best - selling social melodrama with a kind of moral view , one that supported traditional moral values . That he failed to ...
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... genre stalwarts as A.E. van Vogt's Slan . Now I certainly agree that Silverberg , in his novel , subjects the SF figure of the telepathic hero to a corrosive irony derived from the two literary canons Chapman adumbrates , but the ...
... genre stalwarts as A.E. van Vogt's Slan . Now I certainly agree that Silverberg , in his novel , subjects the SF figure of the telepathic hero to a corrosive irony derived from the two literary canons Chapman adumbrates , but the ...
Contents
Alien Encounters | 15 |
Roger Bozzetto Moreaus TragiFarcical Island | 34 |
Grace Rereading Lester del Reys Helen OLoy | 45 |
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