Science-fiction Studies, Volume 9SFS Publications., 1982 - Electronic journals |
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... alien . The SF alien tends to be a pathetic mixture of nobility and savagery . It often combines a fantasy of physical or intellectual power with a grotesque provocation of sexual loathing or xenophobia or racism . It stands at the ...
... alien . The SF alien tends to be a pathetic mixture of nobility and savagery . It often combines a fantasy of physical or intellectual power with a grotesque provocation of sexual loathing or xenophobia or racism . It stands at the ...
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... alien , his daemon . In Frankenstein this mirroring portrays the relationship of the alienated man to that which he alienates . The strong ambivalence of this relationship is one of the most pervasive characteristics of SF aliens , from ...
... alien , his daemon . In Frankenstein this mirroring portrays the relationship of the alienated man to that which he alienates . The strong ambivalence of this relationship is one of the most pervasive characteristics of SF aliens , from ...
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... alien can read minds and can assume any shape . Which , of course , it can ; the dreams are " broadcasts " emanating from the telepathic alien . The alien not only looks like Medusa , it acts like a vampiric Proteus , devouring its ...
... alien can read minds and can assume any shape . Which , of course , it can ; the dreams are " broadcasts " emanating from the telepathic alien . The alien not only looks like Medusa , it acts like a vampiric Proteus , devouring its ...
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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