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Page 71
... earth , sea , and sky . All conditions are worsening " while Earth grows cold and swings through darkness " ( 2:38 ) . The essential , guiding metaphor in The Eyes of the Overworld is the incompatability between reality and dream ...
... earth , sea , and sky . All conditions are worsening " while Earth grows cold and swings through darkness " ( 2:38 ) . The essential , guiding metaphor in The Eyes of the Overworld is the incompatability between reality and dream ...
Page 72
... Earth's death . Most repulsively appealing of all are the living freaks of the imagination . These creatures include a hybrid of man , gargoyle , whorl - bat and leaping lizard , the “ Gid " ; a mixture of bear , man , lank lizard and ...
... Earth's death . Most repulsively appealing of all are the living freaks of the imagination . These creatures include a hybrid of man , gargoyle , whorl - bat and leaping lizard , the “ Gid " ; a mixture of bear , man , lank lizard and ...
Page 241
... earth with envious eyes , and slowly and surely drew their plans against us . " In Last and First Men ( 1930 ) , the Martians again cast eyes on Earth's real estate : " But elsewhere in the solar system life of a very different kind was ...
... earth with envious eyes , and slowly and surely drew their plans against us . " In Last and First Men ( 1930 ) , the Martians again cast eyes on Earth's real estate : " But elsewhere in the solar system life of a very different kind was ...
Contents
SF in Mass Culture | 38 |
George Slusser Heinleins Perpetual Motion Fur Farm | 51 |
John Dean The Uses of Wilderness in American | 68 |
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