(xi-xii) The key words here are "introduction," "soundings," "milestones," and "orientation." Together they provide a very apt description of his Science Fiction Before 1900, both in its purposefully ...

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hosted by astrophysicist and “mad scientist” (his words) Hakeem Oluseyi and actress ... “one of the most iconic conceits in all of science fiction,” Krinsky says. The Star Trek device ...

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REVIEW-ESSAY Rhys Williams New Practices for the Genre Community John Rieder. Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan UP, 2017. 224 pp. 2 illus. $22.95 pbk. The ...