Modes of Extrapolation: The Formulas of Hard SF.
Outlines formulas in hard science fiction (SF) authorship. Exaggeration, inversion and extension in the fantasy form; Reliance on science for content and rhetoric; Undergirding by the scientific principles of empiricism, determinism and relativism; Use of extrapolation as a form of extension.
| Publicado en: | Science Fiction Studies Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 191 - 241 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of California Press
Jul93
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