Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism: Beyond the Golden Rule

Gomel, E.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-06-24

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137367624

DOI: 10.1057/9781137367631

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 232