David A Layton
Biographic Data
| ID | 6095407 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David A Layton |
| GIVEN NAMES | David A |
| FAMILY NAME | Layton |
| SIGNATURE | LAYTON D A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Barriers of Inner and Outer Space
The most frequent SF hero is what Gregory Benford calls the Competent Man, whose abilities lie dormant until unforeseen circumstances allow them to emerge. Barry N. Malzbezg’s SF has no such figure. Instead, his protagonists attain limited personal victories—when, indeed, they attain any at all. More often they are imitation heroes or anti-heroes. Malzberg also breaks away from the SF tradition of the problem story. The reason that his SF diverge…
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The Barriers of Inner and Outer Space
The most frequent SF hero is what Gregory Benford calls the Competent Man, whose abilities lie dormant until unforeseen circumstances allow them to emerge. Barry N. Malzbezg’s SF has no such figure. Instead, his protagonists attain limited personal victories—when, indeed, they attain any at all. More often they are imitation heroes or anti-heroes. Malzberg also breaks away from the SF tradition of the problem story. The reason that his SF diverge…
Aesthetics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Linguistics (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works) · Space (punctuation) (1 works) · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (1 works)