Science-fiction Studies, Issues 7-13SFS Publications., 1975 - Science fiction |
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Page 197
... Nature in order that we may ' conquer ' them . We are always conquering Nature , because ' Nature ' is the name for what we have , to some extent , conquered . " Hence the boomerang effect : " Man's conquest of Nature turns out , in the ...
... Nature in order that we may ' conquer ' them . We are always conquering Nature , because ' Nature ' is the name for what we have , to some extent , conquered . " Hence the boomerang effect : " Man's conquest of Nature turns out , in the ...
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... nature . Human history is then perceived as an interlude , an accidental break within a process of pure necessity . This can be seen in Frank Herbert's intelligent and ambiguous novel Hellstrom's Hive ( 1973 ) and even more clearly ...
... nature . Human history is then perceived as an interlude , an accidental break within a process of pure necessity . This can be seen in Frank Herbert's intelligent and ambiguous novel Hellstrom's Hive ( 1973 ) and even more clearly ...
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... nature of the dystopian impulse , although he deals only with " the big three " : Zamiatin , Huxley , and Orwell . Howe , commenting on the same writers , establishes the historical context that generated the dystopia and notes its ...
... nature of the dystopian impulse , although he deals only with " the big three " : Zamiatin , Huxley , and Orwell . Howe , commenting on the same writers , establishes the historical context that generated the dystopia and notes its ...
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by R D Mullen and Darko Suvin | 203 |
Refail Nudelman | 210 |
Fredric Jameson World Reduction | 221 |
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