Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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Page 88
... readers , however , it helps bridge a gap which has grown up between our reading of the hero and our automatic understanding , through him , of his world . The macrolife has the characteristics Schopenhauer ascribed to human exis- tence ...
... readers , however , it helps bridge a gap which has grown up between our reading of the hero and our automatic understanding , through him , of his world . The macrolife has the characteristics Schopenhauer ascribed to human exis- tence ...
Page 195
... reading of the second text . But if that first text is not kept in mind , the second text may very well lose its ... reader remembers that the novel is actually two texts : " Guardian Angel " and its sequel . With such a view it becomes ...
... reading of the second text . But if that first text is not kept in mind , the second text may very well lose its ... reader remembers that the novel is actually two texts : " Guardian Angel " and its sequel . With such a view it becomes ...
Page 198
... reader consider this article of faith in a different context , so too in " Guardian Angel " does he take on the ... reading Earth and the Overlords and the first few pages of " The Golden Age " apart from the rest of Childhood's End ...
... reader consider this article of faith in a different context , so too in " Guardian Angel " does he take on the ... reading Earth and the Overlords and the first few pages of " The Golden Age " apart from the rest of Childhood's End ...
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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