Science-fiction Studies, Volume 30, Issue 2SFS Publications, 2003 - Science fiction |
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... nature of something outside the natural order , something that defies understanding , but the persistence of a sense of human culture's inevitably mixed nature , as it grates against a desire to be modern , and the frightening potential ...
... nature of something outside the natural order , something that defies understanding , but the persistence of a sense of human culture's inevitably mixed nature , as it grates against a desire to be modern , and the frightening potential ...
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... nature by artifice . In its ontology , all existence is derived from a single , infinitely varied immanence - with ... natural laws of balance . They are scientific and rational because their laws reflect a logic of stability inherent in ...
... nature by artifice . In its ontology , all existence is derived from a single , infinitely varied immanence - with ... natural laws of balance . They are scientific and rational because their laws reflect a logic of stability inherent in ...
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... Nature , who is sometimes faithful , sometimes fickle " ( Science 94 ) . This reality , this Nature , of plasmodia , mosquitos , troops , tropes , resistances , and characters such as Mangala , is fickle . Social sf seeks to change by ...
... Nature , who is sometimes faithful , sometimes fickle " ( Science 94 ) . This reality , this Nature , of plasmodia , mosquitos , troops , tropes , resistances , and characters such as Mangala , is fickle . Social sf seeks to change by ...
Contents
Anthropology Science | 180 |
The Mummys | 217 |
Istvan CsicseryRonay Jr Science Fiction and Empire | 231 |
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