Science-fiction Studies, Issue 14SFS Publications, 1978 - Science fiction |
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Hans Joachim Alpers Loincloth , Double Ax , and Magic : " Heroic Fantasy ” and Related Genres Translated by Robert Plank ; edited by D.S. " Heroic Fantasy " ( hereafter HF ) , also known as the literature of " sword and sorcery ...
Hans Joachim Alpers Loincloth , Double Ax , and Magic : " Heroic Fantasy ” and Related Genres Translated by Robert Plank ; edited by D.S. " Heroic Fantasy " ( hereafter HF ) , also known as the literature of " sword and sorcery ...
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Admixture as before ; cults , magic , and much cruelty . However , in the Bran Mak Mom and Solomon Kane adventures the fantastic elements in their monotonous repetition feel rather like superficial decor : here a cliche demanded its due ...
Admixture as before ; cults , magic , and much cruelty . However , in the Bran Mak Mom and Solomon Kane adventures the fantastic elements in their monotonous repetition feel rather like superficial decor : here a cliche demanded its due ...
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jackets - purports to describe a universe where magic and science are indistinguishable . However , there is little interest expressed in working out the epistemological implications of science and magic being one and the same .
jackets - purports to describe a universe where magic and science are indistinguishable . However , there is little interest expressed in working out the epistemological implications of science and magic being one and the same .
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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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