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Punk rock and science fiction (SF) both played a huge role in shaping my identity as a teen. The two seem incongruous, I know, at least if you think about the stereotypical depiction of each. Punk rock was all about nonconformity, angst, and mohawks. SF, on the other hand, was all about nerds, glasses, and pocket protectors. And yet, both offered something the rest of my life and education lacked.
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Dorsey, J.L. (2013). “Peel[ING] Apart Layers of Meaning” in SF Short Fiction. In: Thomas, P.L. (eds) Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction. Critical Literacy Teaching Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-380-5_5
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