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"SF looks towards an imaginary future, while fantasy, by and large, looks towards an imaginary past."
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I can't find an earlier example, but it seems like there should be one for such a simple idea.
Always practical, Campbell makes use of this homely but useful idea. Compare to the foot loops from Power Plant (1931) by Murray Leinster and the thigh grips from the same story. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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