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1 online resource (xxi, 243 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Alternatives
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Alternatives.
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| Note |
Essays written for the 8th J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, held Apr. 13-15, 1986 at the University of California, Riverside. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232). |
| Contents |
Introduction : Anthropology of the alien / George E. Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin -- Part one : Searchings : the quest for the alien -- 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 -- 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. |
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| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction. |
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Life on other planets in literature.
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Life on other planets in literature. |
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Monsters in literature.
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Monsters in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Slusser, George Edgar.
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Rabkin, Eric S.
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Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (8th : 1986 : University of California, Riverside)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Aliens. Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1987 0809313758 (DLC) 87004721 (OCoLC)15365905 |
| ISBN |
0585186537 (electronic book) |
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9780585186535 (electronic book) |
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0809313758 |
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9780809313754 |
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