Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism Beyond the Golden Rule
Description
Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism offers a typology of alien encounters and addresses a range of texts including classic novels of alien encounter by H.G. Wells and Robert Heinlein; recent blockbusters by Greg Bear, Octavia Butler and Sheri Tepper; and experimental science fiction by Peter Watts and Housuke Nojiri.
Keywords
Literary CriticismModern20th CenturySemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceMedia StudiesAnthropologyCultural & SocialFictionLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & Comparative
2014Book
Author(s)Elana Gomel
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137367624
LanguageEnglish
