Science-fiction Studies, Volumes 1-2SFS Publications., 1973 - Science fiction |
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Page 263
... human being with the aid of science instead of the traditional " divine spark " ( bestowed by God or stolen from him by Prometheus ) or the alchemical , magic elixir of life . For Percy ( and presumably Mary ) Shelley , electricity was ...
... human being with the aid of science instead of the traditional " divine spark " ( bestowed by God or stolen from him by Prometheus ) or the alchemical , magic elixir of life . For Percy ( and presumably Mary ) Shelley , electricity was ...
Page 79
... human being ; and the human being in this novel is the composite of Ada and Van on and as everted earth . Ada says that she will be with Van " in the depths moego ada , of my Hades , " that is , in herself . " As lovers and siblings ...
... human being ; and the human being in this novel is the composite of Ada and Van on and as everted earth . Ada says that she will be with Van " in the depths moego ada , of my Hades , " that is , in herself . " As lovers and siblings ...
Page 120
... human to the immense and back to the minute . This range of scales is the function of the eponymous piece of hardware , the macroscope itself . The novel proceeds by analogy , setting up systems on different scales , systems that are ...
... human to the immense and back to the minute . This range of scales is the function of the eponymous piece of hardware , the macroscope itself . The novel proceeds by analogy , setting up systems on different scales , systems that are ...
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