Science-fiction Studies, Volume 21SFS Publications., 1994 - Electronic journals |
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Page 40
... attempt to find a fixed identity or essence of SF ; it is concerned precisely with constructing a non - origin , to disperse it , to deny specificity . SF does not " begin " anywhere as such , and the disreputable generic can be ...
... attempt to find a fixed identity or essence of SF ; it is concerned precisely with constructing a non - origin , to disperse it , to deny specificity . SF does not " begin " anywhere as such , and the disreputable generic can be ...
Page 184
... attempt to write is an effort to signify herself , to find somebody underneath her skin . A second at- tempt at writing marks the measure of Rheya's success at the end of the novel . Although painful , it appears that Rheya's desperate ...
... attempt to write is an effort to signify herself , to find somebody underneath her skin . A second at- tempt at writing marks the measure of Rheya's success at the end of the novel . Although painful , it appears that Rheya's desperate ...
Page 294
... attempts at labeling household objects , buying one of each kind of cleanser at the supermarket , or posting a labyrinth of defini- tions and slogans around the house . These " hysterical " ordering exercises- " a desperate / heroic attempt ...
... attempts at labeling household objects , buying one of each kind of cleanser at the supermarket , or posting a labyrinth of defini- tions and slogans around the house . These " hysterical " ordering exercises- " a desperate / heroic attempt ...
Contents
Daniel Fischlin and Andrew Taylor Cybertheater Postmodernism | 1 |
H Bruce Franklin Star Trek in the Vietnam Era | 24 |
A Polemic | 35 |
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