E. Gomel 
Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism [PDF ebook] 
Beyond the Golden Rule

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Why Do We Need Aliens? PART I: CONFRONTATION 1. ‘The Force That Gives Us Meaning’: Alien Invasion and Search for Redemption 2. Idylls of the Same: Soviet SF, Cosmic Humanism, and Escape from History PART II: ASSIMILATION 3. The Contagion of Posthumanity: Alien Infestation and the Paradox of Subjectivity 4. Human Skins, Alien Masks: Allegories of Postcolonial Guilt PART III: TRANSFORMATION 5. The Human Trinity: What Makes Us Other? 6. Stanislaw Lem and the Holocaust of Humanism Conclusion Bibliography Index

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.