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

by Elana Gomel

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349474533
• ISBN13: 9781349474530
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"