No Cure for the Future: Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy Westfahl, Gary and Slusser, George

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 influenced the medical establishments of the past and present, but the volume also considers the strangely marginalized status of medical science fiction.

DOI: 10.1336/0313317070 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GM1707.aspx

No Cure for the Future: Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy Series: Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy Hardback, 192 pages, $102.95 Copyright ©2002, Greenwood Press ISBN: 0-313-31707-0 DOI: 10.1336/0313317070

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