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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: The Concept of Mindscape
George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin
ix
Premises
1. Nature: Laws and Surprises
Poul Anderson
3
2. The Survival of Myth in Science Fiction
Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
16
3. "The Swelling Act":
The Psychoanalytic Geography of Fantasy

Ronald J. Heckelman
34
4. Metaphorical Drive -- Or Why We're Such Good Liars
David Brin
60
5. The Playing Fields of Eden
Frank McConnell
78
6. Bookscapes: Science Fiction in the Library of Babel
George E. Slusser
88
Mappings
7. Belief and Other Worlds:
Ktesias and the Founding of the "Indian Wonders"

James Romm
121
8. Universal Mindscape:
The Gala Hypothesis in Science Fiction

Jack G. Voller
136

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Publication Information: Book Title: Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds. Contributors: George E. Slusser - editor, Eric S. Rabkin - editor. Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press. Place of Publication: Carbondale, IL. Publication Year: 1989. Page Number: v.
    
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