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The World Well Lost
"The World Well Lost" is a science fiction short story by American writer Theodore Sturgeon, first published in the June 1953 issue of ''Universe''. It has been reprinted several times, for instance in Sturgeon's collections '' E Pluribus Unicorn'', ''Starshine'', and ''A Saucer of Loneliness''. The story takes its title from the subtitle of John Dryden's verse drama'' All for Love''. Reception The tagline for the ''Universe'' cover was " ismost daring story". Its sensitive treatment of homosexuality was unusual for science fiction published at that time, and it is now regarded as a milestone in science fiction's portrayal of homosexuality.Eric Garber, Lyn Paleo ''Uranian Worlds: A Guide to Alternative Sexuality in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror'', p 130, G K Hall: 1983 According to an anecdote related by Samuel R. Delany, when Sturgeon first submitted the story, his editor not only rejected it but phoned every other editor he knew and urged them to reject it as well.Samu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological description of the development of the universe. According to this theory, space and time emerged together ago, and the universe has been expanding ever since the Big Bang. While the spatial size of the entire universe is unknown, it is possible to measure the size of the observable universe, which is approximately 93 billion light-years in diameter at the present day. Some of the earliest cosmological models of the universe were developed by ancient Greek and Indian philosophers and were geocentric, placing Earth at the center. Over the centuries, more precise astronomical observations led Nicolaus Copernicus to develop the heliocentric model with the Sun at the center of the Solar System. In developing the law of universal gravitation, Isaac Newton built upon Copernicus's wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
