Patrick Parrinder
3) Tono-Bungay
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Presented as a miraculous cure-all, Tono-Bungay is in fact nothing other than a pleasant-tasting liquid with no positive effects. Nonetheless, when the young George Ponderevo is employed by his Uncle Edward to help market this ineffective medicine, he finds his life overwhelmed by its sudden success. Soon, the worthless substance is turned into a formidable fortune, as society becomes convinced of the merits of Tono-Bungay through a combination of...
4) Learning from other worlds: estrangement, cognition and the politics of science fiction and utopia
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Liverpool University Press
Pub. Date
2000
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English
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Athlone critical traditions volume Volume 7
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Thoemmes Continuum
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English