Props and their Function in Science Fiction
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Jump to navigationJump to searchSmuszkiewicz, Antoni. "Props and their Function in Science Fiction." Elizabeth Kwasniewski and Robert M. Philmus, trans. SFS #42, 14.2 (July 1987): 222-29.
A kind of taxonomy of SF, related to the props (in the theatrical and cinematic sense), definitely including "futuristic technological devices" (224).