Sian MacArthur is an independent academic and researcher with literary interests in Gothic and science fiction, and historical interests in the Cold War. She is the author of Crime and the Gothic: Identifying the Gothic Footprint in Modern Crime Fiction (2011).

"Gothic Science Fiction is a lively, trenchant and intelligent book. With cogent analyses of everything from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Christopher Nolan's reinvention of The Dark Knight, Sian MacArthur's book is a study prodigal in ideas, communicated with enthusiasm. It makes a variety of innovative points about a familiar genre, and utilises her thorough knowledge of the field in a provocative fashion." - Barry Forshaw, author of British Gothic Cinema and BFI Classics: The War of the Worlds

• 1: 'One Dreary Night': Early Science Fiction and the Gothic 2. 'Mad? Is one who has solved the secret of life to be considered mad?': The Role of the Mad Scientist in Gothic Science Fiction 3. 'The Last Man in the World': Gothic Motif in the Apocalyptical Novel 4. 'Its life, Jim, but not as we know it': The Gothic Monster in Science Fiction 5. 'One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back': Immortality and the Fight for Humanity in Gothic Science Fiction 6. 'Henceforth you shall be known as Darth Vader': The Battle between Good and Evil in Gothic Science Fiction 7. 'We are forever in debt to the Dynamic Duo': The Role of the Superhero in Gothic Science Fiction 8. 'Science Fiction and Gothic?...It is strange that the genres should cross at all': In Conclusion Understanding Gothic Science Fiction