![]() ![]() Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction. That said, I felt that there was a shorter and more influential book somewhere in here, but one that somehow got buried in the process of writing.-Hugh Elton, Trent University Slans? Alec Nevala-Lee. I wanted to like the book more, but ultimately felt that my reactions may have something to do with disciplinary differences, in that Malley and I are trying to do different things in our scholarly work. ![]() It thus often felt to me as if Malley was writing for readers likely to agree with him, rather than constructing an argument intended to persuade uncommitted or critical readers. I am not convinced that the best venue for criticizing this viewpoint is an expensive academic monograph, nor would I expect many screenwriters to read this. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Ħ48 SCIENCE FICTION STUDIES, VOLUME 46 (2019) and, though screenwriters’ concepts of how humans relate to one another can occasionally be accurate, their professional objectives are very different from Malley’s (or mine). ![]()
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