Aliens -The Anthropology of Science Fiction

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 228 KB
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Introduction : The Anthropology Of The Alien / George E. Slusser And Eric S. Rabkin -- Part One : Searchings : The Quest For The Alien -- The Alien On Our Minds / Larry Niven -- Effing The Ineffable / Gregory Benford -- Border Patrols / Michael Beehler -- Alien Aliens / Pascal Ducommun -- Metamorphoses Of The Dragon / George E. Slusser -- Part Two : Sightings : The Aliens Among Us -- Discriminating Among Friends : The Social Dynamics Of The Friendly Alien / John Huntington -- Sex, Superman, And Sociobiology In Science Fiction / Joseph D. Miller -- Cowboys And Telepaths -- Formulas And Phenomena / Eric S. Rabkin -- Robots : Three Fantasies And One Big Cold Reality / Noel Perrin -- Aliens In The Supermarket : Science Fiction And Fantasy For 'inquiring Minds / George R. Guffey -- Aliens 'r' U.s. : American Science Fiction Viewed From Down Under / Zoe Sofia -- Part Three : Soundings : Man As The Alien -- H.g. Wells' Familiar Aliens / John R. Reed -- Inspiration And Possession : Ambivalent Intimacy With The Alien / Clayton Koelb -- Cybernauts In Cyberspace : William Gibson's Neuromancer / David Porush -- The Human Alien : In-groups And Outbreeding In Enemy Mine / Leihgton Brett Cooke -- From Astarte To Barbie And Beyond : The Serious History Of Dolls / Frank Mcconnell -- An Introduction Of Monsters / Colin Greenland. Edited By George E. Slusser And Eric S. Rabkin. Essays Written For The 8th J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, Held Apr. 13-15, 1986 At The University Of California, Riverside. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 221-232.