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No Cure for the Future: Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy

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No Cure for the Future: Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy - Westfahl, Gary, Dr. (Editor), and Slusser, George (Editor)
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Speculations about new medical advances have been a crucial aspect of science fiction since its origins in the 19th century, when such novels as Frankenstein and The Island of Dr. Moreau provided powerful mythic images of doctors with godlike abilities to create and transform human life. This book is the first full-length study of the speculative literature of medicine, with contributions by two science fiction novelists and several noted scholars. Chapters examine how science fiction stories have commented on and ...

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No Cure for the Future: Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2002, Praeger, New York

ISBN-13: 9780313317071

Hardcover