Science-fiction Studies, Issues 2-4SFS Publications., 1973 - Science fiction |
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Page 115
... merely a delusion , or the claimed invention or discovery merely a fraud . For stories counted neither as fantasy nor as SF , I have used four terms : the noun novel or the adjective mundane for those predominantly concerned with the ...
... merely a delusion , or the claimed invention or discovery merely a fraud . For stories counted neither as fantasy nor as SF , I have used four terms : the noun novel or the adjective mundane for those predominantly concerned with the ...
Page 156
... merely earns the privilege of attaining higher states and does not actually lead to that higher state . The gratuitous nature of transcendence and the fact that it always follows the technological state leave man no choice but to pursue ...
... merely earns the privilege of attaining higher states and does not actually lead to that higher state . The gratuitous nature of transcendence and the fact that it always follows the technological state leave man no choice but to pursue ...
Page 245
... merely a perception , during Chuang Tzu's dream " he was a butterfly " ( ŌI 195 ) . In a world where time is merely a sense of time , whoever dreams he is Chuang Tzu dreaming he is a butterfly - at that moment , which is identical with ...
... merely a perception , during Chuang Tzu's dream " he was a butterfly " ( ŌI 195 ) . In a world where time is merely a sense of time , whoever dreams he is Chuang Tzu dreaming he is a butterfly - at that moment , which is identical with ...
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