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Nonfiction Title:
Fights of Fancy: Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy • [Proceedings of the J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature • 11] • nonfiction by Eric S. Rabkin and George E. Slusser [as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- 1 • Introduction: Wars Old and New: The Changing Nature of Fictional Combat • essay by Eric S. Rabkin and George E. Slusser [as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- 12 • Reimagining War • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
- 26 • Science Fiction and the Semantics of Conflict • essay by Reginald Bretnor
- 35 • Wrangling Conversation: Linguistic Patterns in the Dialogues of Heroes and Villains • essay by Gary Westfahl
- 49 • Warfare Celestial and Terrestrial: Osip Senkovsky's 1833 Russian Science Fantasy • essay by Louis Pedrotti
- 59 • "The Evils of a Long Peace": Desiring the Great War • essay by Laurence Davies
- 70 • Armed Conflict in the Science Fiction of H. G. Wells • essay by Arthur Campbell Turner
- 79 • Fights of Fancy: When the "Better Half" Wins • essay by Rosemarie Arbur
- 92 • Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds • (1992) • essay by Joe Haldeman
- 103 • Evolution and Salvation: The Iconic Origins of Druillet's Monstrous Combatants of the Night • essay by Paula Rea Radisich
- 114 • You're History, Buddy: Postapocalyptic Visions in Recent Science Fiction Films • essay by Peter Fitting
- 132 • The Apocalyptic Mirage: Violence and Eschatology in Dhalgren • essay by David Clayton
- 145 • Demonic Therapy: Reading the Holy World in the Mushroom Cloud • essay by Scott Dalrymple
- 155 • The Hidden Agenda • essay by M. A. Bartter [as by Martha A. Bartter]
- 170 • Third World Fantasies • essay by George E. Slusser [as by George Slusser]
- 194 • Solos, Solitons, Info, and Invasion in (and of) Science Fiction Film • essay by Brooks Landon
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