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

by George Edgar Slusser

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313317070
• ISBN13: 9780313317071
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 10.1"