... writers of Ballard's disposition. His writing was also set apart from mainstream sicence fiction due to the fact that it eschewed "hard" science ("science fact" as he called it), and replaced it with human sciences such as psychoanalysis, Freudian interpretations of the human psyche being very ... it as "the last refuge of the unimaginative", and expresses a desire for science fiction to become abstract and start exploring a number of high-concept themes: "I"d like to see more psycho-literary ideas, more meta-biological and meta-chemical concepts, private time systems, synthetic psycholo...

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... in society, Mildred involves herself in technological and materialistic inventions and values instead of participating emotionally with her husband. Conformists are simply labeled as players of social roles and embody biological needs. (Wong and Fry 14) Mildred can be considered a conformist because she plays a role in society and is parallel to others that live in society. Conformists also tend to have ... ...

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