Aliens: A Companion (Paperback)

Contents: Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr: “Christus Apollo” (Ray Bradbury, [1969] 1971) ? Aliens and Salvation ? Sandra Aline Wagner: The Sinking City (Frogwares, 2019) ? Lovecraft’s Aliens and Climate Crisis ? Jarosław Boruszewski: “New Cosmogony” (Stanisław Lem, 1979) ? Lem’s “Alienomorphic” Model of Communication ? Esteban Vera Campillay: Starcraft Saga (Blizzard, 2010?2017) ? The Xel’Naga and Perfection in Creation ? Dimitra Nikolaidou: Project Fractal (Kostas Charitos, 2009) ? Aliens at the Acropolis ? Jonathan Hay: Binti (Nnedi Okorafor, 2015) ? Africanfuturism and the Meduse ? Silvia G. Kurlat Ares: Latin American Science Fiction (Various, 1871?present) ? Aliens in the Latin American Imagination ? Debaditya Mukhopadhyay: PK (Rajkumar Hirani, 2014) ? Close Encounters with Bigots and Intolerance ? Carl Wilson: Half-Life (Valve, 1998?2020) ? Aliens in Gaming ? Shawn Edrei: XCOM: Chimera Squad (Firaxis, 2020) ? Roleplaying the Alien ? Laura Thursby: “The War of the Worlds” (Orson Welles, 1940) ? A Fantastic Alien Invasion ? Henri Pitkanen: Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard, 2018) ? The Musical Alien ? Lyle Rexer: H. R. Giger (1940?2014) ? A Fur Teacup with Teeth ? Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and Jorge Traversa: Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (Dean Alioto, 1998) ? Adaption and the Alien ? Teresa Cutler- Broyles: The Orions (Star Trek, 1966?2020) ? Slave Girls in Space ? Natalija Majsova: Per Aspera Ad Astra (Richard Viktorov, 1980) ? The Non-Sentimental Female Alien ? Shweta Basu: Kirk and Spock (1967?present) ? Slash, Aliens and Desire ? Charmaine Tanti: I, Vampire ( Jody Scott, 1984) ? Lesbians, Vampires and Aliens ? Melody Blackmore and Catherine Pugh: Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997) ? Militarism and Dehumanisation ? Anton Karl Kozlovic: The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, 1951) ? Alienating the Aliens ? Paivi Vaatanen: The Ballad of Beta- 2 (Samuel R. Delany, 1964) ? Representations of Race ? Tommaso Remia: “The Dance of the Changer and the Three” (Terry Carr, 1973) ? Posthuman (Un)translatability ? Alec Charles: The Doctor (Various, 1963?present) ? Loving the Alien ? Sergio Fernandez Martinez: No Word from Gurb (Eduardo Mendoza, 1990 [Trans. 2007]) ? Laughing with the Alien ? Joan Ormrod: The War of the Worlds Adaptations (2013?2015) ? Real Aliens and Post-Truth ? Anik Sarkar: Save Yourselves! (Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Mitchell, 2020) ? The Familiar and the (Un)tellurian Other ? Owen Morawitz: Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, 2016) ? Aliens Outside Time ? Ildiko Limpar: Chaos Walking Trilogy (Patrick Ness, 2008?2010) ? Rejecting the Anthropocene.