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Page 151
... function of accustoming their readers to rapid innovation , of preparing our conscious- ness and our habits for the otherwise demoralizing impact of change itself . They train our organisms to expect the unexpected and thereby insulate ...
... function of accustoming their readers to rapid innovation , of preparing our conscious- ness and our habits for the otherwise demoralizing impact of change itself . They train our organisms to expect the unexpected and thereby insulate ...
Page 222
... functional models of SF . The theoretical basis for the book is the Polish analytical tradition , particu- larly the ... functions and their place in a narrative sequence , for which Smuskiewicz constructs an elementary model ( chap . 1 ) ...
... functional models of SF . The theoretical basis for the book is the Polish analytical tradition , particu- larly the ... functions and their place in a narrative sequence , for which Smuskiewicz constructs an elementary model ( chap . 1 ) ...
Page 296
... function he must assimilate aspects of this , so that he may present the civilized reaction to it , either by direct commentary or by creating imaginative symbols of it . " " Partly an Arnoldian criticism of life and partly a Joycean ...
... function he must assimilate aspects of this , so that he may present the civilized reaction to it , either by direct commentary or by creating imaginative symbols of it . " " Partly an Arnoldian criticism of life and partly a Joycean ...
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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