Computer Error: Voices and Translations in Edwin Morgan’s Science Fiction Poetry

My favourite scene in the movie Independence Day (1996) is when Captain Steven Hiller (Will Smith) knocks out an alien with a single clout, whips out a smart “welcome to Earth”-esque punch line and then lights up a cigar. Sheer. Smith. Action. But what if aliens aren’t all doomsayers, what if all th...

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Autor principal:	Russell Jones
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Publicado:	University of Edinburgh 2009
Materias:	Fine Arts N Language and Literature P
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Computer Error: Voices and Translations in Edwin Morgan’s Science Fiction Poetry

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