Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... novel . Since the shorter work has created an enthusiastic audience for the potential novel , few publishers or authors can resist the temptation of trading upon its success . One could , however , wish for greater thresholds of ...
... novel . Since the shorter work has created an enthusiastic audience for the potential novel , few publishers or authors can resist the temptation of trading upon its success . One could , however , wish for greater thresholds of ...
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... novel , traveled the whole utopian range of science fiction , and at its center left an unscientific monument to man's continual spiritual yearning . All of these responses , however , concern a work of Clarke's which Clareson ...
... novel , traveled the whole utopian range of science fiction , and at its center left an unscientific monument to man's continual spiritual yearning . All of these responses , however , concern a work of Clarke's which Clareson ...
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... novel . If , therefore , critics insist it behave as a novel , that should not be too surprising . Yet it is unfortunate that academics , who should be among the most sensitive of readers , insist upon looking at a work of fiction ...
... novel . If , therefore , critics insist it behave as a novel , that should not be too surprising . Yet it is unfortunate that academics , who should be among the most sensitive of readers , insist upon looking at a work of fiction ...
Contents
Is There Life After Immortality? | 19 |
A Recent Idea | 39 |
The Elves of J R R Tolkien and Sylvia | 57 |
Copyright | |
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