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Pathos, Fall 2012, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Fall 2012, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos
Editor: Deena Anreise
Rocky Mountain Refuge: Constructing "Colorado" In Science Fiction, Carl Abbott
Rocky Mountain Refuge: Constructing "Colorado" In Science Fiction, Carl Abbott
Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations
Colorado has long functioned in American culture as the epitome of the American West, identified both as a safe refuge and as a place for starting over. This essay examines the ways in which writers of speculative fiction have drawn on Colorado's historically constructed identity as the setting for stories of refuge and retreat. The discussion examines parallels in the use of the Colorado setting by sf writers Robert A. Heinlein, Philip K. Dick, Walter M. Miller, Jr., Leigh Brackett, and Ursula K. LeGuin, by political novelist Ayn Rand, and by mainstream thriller writers Stephen King and Justin Cronin. The …
Pathos, Winter 2012, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Winter 2012, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos
Editor: Joel Eisenhower
Issue 17