All Outputs (2)

Ruined Skin: Gothic Genetics and Human Identity in Stephen Donaldson’s Gap cycle (2011)
Book Chapter
Alder, E. (2011). Ruined Skin: Gothic Genetics and Human Identity in Stephen Donaldson’s Gap cycle. In S. Wasson, & E. Alder (Eds.), Gothic Science Fiction 1980-2010. Liverpool University Press. https://doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9781846317071.003.0008

This chapter offers a literary criticism of Stephen Donaldson's novel Gap. It discusses that transfiguration of the body, through the study of molecular biology and genetic engineering, creates a cultural unrest and horror. The strange metamorphosis... Read More about Ruined Skin: Gothic Genetics and Human Identity in Stephen Donaldson’s Gap cycle.

Introduction: Gothic Science Fiction 1980-2010 (2011)
Book Chapter
Alder, E., & Wasson, S. (2011). Introduction: Gothic Science Fiction 1980-2010. In Gothic Science Fiction 1980-2010. Liverpool University Press. https://doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9781846317071.003.0001

This Introduction introduces Gothic science fiction as a genre and discusses the text as a project to examine Gothic science fiction historically as well as to distinguish its textual forms. The chapters in this compilation provides sample writings p... Read More about Introduction: Gothic Science Fiction 1980-2010.