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Many people seem to think that science fiction is typified by the covers of some of the old pulp magazines: the Bug-Eyed Monster, embodying every trait and （1） that most people find repulsive, is about to grab, and presumably ravish, a sweet, blonde, curvaceous, scantily-clad Earth girl. This is unfortunate because it demeans and （2） a worthwhile and even important literary endeavor. In （3）to this unwarranted stereotype, science fiction rarely emphasizes sex, and when it （4）, it is more discreet than other contemporary fiction.（5）, the basic interest of science fiction lies in the（6）between man and his technology and between man and the universe. Science fiction is a literature of change and a literature of the future, and while it would be foolish to（7）that science fiction is a major literary genre at this time, the（8）of human life that it considers make it well worth reading and studying for（9）other literary form does quite the same things.The question is: what is science fiction? And the answer（0）be, unfortunately, that there have been（1）attempts to consider this question at any length or with much seriousness; it may well be that science fiction will resist any comprehensive definition of its（12）. To say this, however, does not mean that there are no ways of defining it, （13）that various facets of its totality cannot be clarified. To begin with, the following（14）should be helpful: science fiction is a literary subgenre which postulates a change (for human beings) from conditions as we know them and follows the（15）of these changes to a conclusion. Although this definition will necessarily be modified and（16）, it covers much of the basic groundwork and provides a（17）of departure.The first point—that science fiction is a literary subgenre—is a very important one, but one which is often overlooked or（18）in most discussions of science fiction. Specifically, science fiction is cither a short story or a novel.（19）are only a few dramas which could be（20）science fiction, with Karel Capek’s RUR (Russum’s Universal Robots)（21）the only one that is well-known; the body of poetry that might be labeled science fiction is only slightly larger. To say that science fiction is a subgenre of prose fiction is to say that it has all the basic characteristics and serves that same basic（22）in much the same way as prose fiction（23）, that is, it shares a great deal with all other novels and short stories.Everything that can（24）about prose fiction, in general, applies to science fiction. Every piece of science fiction, （25）short story or novel, must have a narrator, a story, a plot, a setting, characters, language and theme. And（26）any prose, the themes of science fiction are concerned with（27）man’s nature and experience in relation to the world around him. Themes in science fiction are constructed and（28）in exactly the same ways that themes are dealt with in any other kind of fiction. They are the result of a particular（29）of narrator, story, plot, character, setting, and language. In short, the reasons for reading and enjoying science fiction, and the ways of studying and analyzing it, are basically the same as they would（30）for any other story or novel.

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Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been（）towards producing workers.

After four years in the same job, his enthusiasm finally （）.

There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the（） from fall to winter.

Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations （）.

Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from（）on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.

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Once you get to know your mistakes, you should（）them as soon as possible.

After a slow sales start early in the year, mobile homes have been gaining favor as an（）to increasingly expensive conventional housing.

According to the newspaper critic, the performances at the talent contest last night （） from acceptable to excellent.

They worked for the complete（）of slavery for so long that they contributed their youth to this ideal.

Absorbed in her work, she was totally（）her surroundings.

An important property of a scientific theory is its ability to（）further research.

The mayor is a woman with great（）and therefore deserves our political and financial assistance.

Imported from Germany, this（）instrument requires a well-trained operator.

Eighteen is the（）voting age in our country.

The scientists became very excited as they felt they were on the（）of a discovery.

The diversity of tropical plants in the region represents a seemingly（）source of raw materials, of which only a few have been utilized.

Many people are（）to insect bites, and some even have to go to hospital.

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