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Page 182
... fact that it has taken place in an interval — that is , that there was a before and an after . As horrible as these experiences have been , Avis has nevertheless survived them . In fact , she repeatedly stresses the prodigious character ...
... fact that it has taken place in an interval — that is , that there was a before and an after . As horrible as these experiences have been , Avis has nevertheless survived them . In fact , she repeatedly stresses the prodigious character ...
Page 184
... fact , if blanks constitute the center of the novel , the blank concerning the working class accentuates its centrality . Despite its being invisible - or , perhaps , because of it - the working class is the essential force in the book ...
... fact , if blanks constitute the center of the novel , the blank concerning the working class accentuates its centrality . Despite its being invisible - or , perhaps , because of it - the working class is the essential force in the book ...
Page 221
... fact that " in historical novels the boundary between fact and fiction is blurred " whereas in SF “ it has disappeared altogether " ( p . 15 ) . Well , well . We are not far away from that commonplace of Mickey - Mouse post - modernism ...
... fact that " in historical novels the boundary between fact and fiction is blurred " whereas in SF “ it has disappeared altogether " ( p . 15 ) . Well , well . We are not far away from that commonplace of Mickey - Mouse post - modernism ...
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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