H.G. Wells and the liberating atom

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H.G. Wells's The World Set Free has written physicist Frederick Soody into the optimistic phase of the narrative and has provided the first fictional account of nuclear war, thereby setting a pattern for more sophisticated subsequent nuclear war novels. The capacity of the novelists to produce coherent narratives about the destructive force of the super-weapon is tested on a series of post-war writers, including Leo Szilard, Walter M. Miller., and Russell Hoban.

Wells, H.G., The World Set Free (Novel)

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Post/humanity and the interstitial: A glorification of possibility in Gibson's Bridge sequence

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William Gibson's complex Bridge sequence explores simulation, virtuality, presence and pattern to probe their impact upon the ongoing emergence of the post/human. Gibson's recent sequence positions the molecular as central to ushering in new potentialities, manifest as the post/human emergence of Rei Toei and the foundation of autonomous communities and it also glorifies the possibilities inherent in the interstitial cracks of the post/human cultural pavement.

Gibson, William (Canadian writer), All Tomorrows Parties (Novel)

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Recent writings on German science fiction

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Recently, several critical works have been published studying science fiction written in the German language. An overview of these recent studies is presented.

Germany, Bibliography, German literature, Criticism

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