From the Pulps to the Stars: The Making of the American Science Fiction Magazine, 1923-1973 [PDF]
Making a theoretical case linking genre trajectory with artistic legitimation struggles, this paper seeks to explain the development of the American science fiction magazine.
David Reinecke
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Invited Commentary: Changing the conversation at the end of life: How the language we use impacts surrogates' decision-making burden. [PDF]
Kilpatrick LB.
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Does an Autonomous Drone Return Home at All Time? [PDF]
One of the aims of the introduction of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) was to protect the most valuable combat instrument, the human factor. Human life had to be protected and it also had to be protected against dangerous factors. For this purpose, in the
Major Gábor
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Status Passage of the Science Fiction Fan: Becoming a Member of the Science Fiction Fan Subculture [PDF]
In the 1930\u27s a middle class subculture developed around the popular culture genre literature known as science fiction. This subculture calls itself Fandom (Sanders, 1994; Bloch, 1962).
Miller, B. Diane
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Lacrimal surgery: Glorious past, exciting present era and the audacity of hope for a brilliant future. [PDF]
Ali MJ.
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Inteligência artificial e Direito [PDF]
Uma das características universais do Direito é que ele se transforma conforme mudam as sociedades. Um dos principais fatores de mudança é o avanço tecnológico.
Almeida, Manoel
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Symbolic utopias: Herbert, Asimov and Dick [PDF]
The body of work that we usually call science fiction has a rich and often ambivalent history. Its humble roots in pulp magazines and dime novels contributed to an image of disposable, low brow writing, unworthy of the title “literature”.
Correia Félix, João Filipe
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Para uma Análise Intrínseca das Letras: o New Criticism [PDF]
São inúmeros e de importância maior os estudos acerca das correntes críticas na área dos estudos literários. Sendo pertinente à ementa da disciplina Teoria Literária, visa-se nesse ensaio discorrer sobre os princípios, propostas e deliberações do modelo ...
Clevelares, Gustavo Augusto de Abreu
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End of life care: should we struggle on, or let go? [PDF]
Ramesh GS.
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Immanence for transcendence: confronting the techno-theological eschatology of posthuman speculative science [PDF]
Posthuman speculative science, typified by the writings of Hans Moravec, Frank Tipler, and Ray Kurzweil, evinces a faith in technology’s capacity to transform the future destiny of humankind.
DeLashmutt, Michael
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