Science-fiction Studies, Issue 14SFS Publications, 1978 - Science fiction |
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He made one exception , though shortly before , in 1936 , at the age of only thirty , he put a bullet through his head : the hero of Almuric ( US 1964 ) , Esau Cairn , a man from Earth , makes good on a barbaric planet .
He made one exception , though shortly before , in 1936 , at the age of only thirty , he put a bullet through his head : the hero of Almuric ( US 1964 ) , Esau Cairn , a man from Earth , makes good on a barbaric planet .
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Resident of a fantasyland ignorant of space flight , TikTok is confined to this planet and is consequently built to function under normal Earth conditions . As a result , he is susceptible to natural forces .
Resident of a fantasyland ignorant of space flight , TikTok is confined to this planet and is consequently built to function under normal Earth conditions . As a result , he is susceptible to natural forces .
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( As many an extaterrestrial victim of Earth robot aggression has discovered . ) Tik - Tok is thus free to indulge in violent fantasy about other - than - human beings ( without , of course , feeling hostility ) .
( As many an extaterrestrial victim of Earth robot aggression has discovered . ) Tik - Tok is thus free to indulge in violent fantasy about other - than - human beings ( without , of course , feeling hostility ) .
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Contents
Fredericks Problems of Fantasy | 33 |
Darko Suvin On What Is and Is Not an SF Narration With | 45 |
Marc Angenot Science Fiction in France before Verne | 58 |
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