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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Why Do We Need Aliens?
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Transformation
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Reviews
"Provocative, forcefully written, and methodical in approach, Gomel's study of alien encounters is both an important work of science fiction criticism and a timely intervention in cultural theory." Patrick Parrinder, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Reading, UK
"As [Gomel] indicates, 'It is the greatness of good science fiction that it makes one think rather than emote and that it respects the reader's capacity to buckle the book's argument and to come up with alternatives of his/her own' (ix). The greatness of
Gomel's book is that it does the same, inviting us to leave the shackles of our vainglorious humanism behind. The book belongs on the shelf of universities and colleges that have programs focusing on either SF or ethics and would be quite at home in public libraries that are building a collection of SF critical texts." Kevin Pinkham, SFRA Review
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Elana Gomel is an Associate Professor at the Department of English and American Studies at Tel-Aviv University, Israel. She is the author of four books and numerous articles on subjects ranging from postmodernism, narrative theory, and science fiction to Dickens and Victorian culture.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism
Book Subtitle: Beyond the Golden Rule
Authors: Elana Gomel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137367631
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-36762-4Published: 24 June 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-47453-0Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-36763-1Published: 24 June 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 232
Topics: Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Fiction, North American Literature