Elana Gomel is an academic, specialising in narratology of speculative fiction, and an award-winning fiction writer. Her academic books include Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism: Beyond the Golden Rule (2014), The Palgrave Handbook of Global Fantasy (2023), and Serial Killers and Serial Spectators (2024).Simon Bacon is a writer and film critic based in Poznań, Poland. He has written and edited over thirty books, including Horror: A Companion (2019), Eco-Vampires (2020), The Undead in the 21st Century: A Companion (2022) and The Palgrave Handbook of the Vampire (2024). He is the Series Editor for Genre Fiction and Film Companions and Vampire Studies: New Perspectives on the Undead with Peter Lang.

• Contents: Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr: “Christus Apollo” (Ray Bradbury, [1969] 1971) – Aliens and Salvation – Sandra Aline Wagner: The Sinking City (Frogwares, 2019) – Lovecraft’s Aliens and Climate Crisis – Jarosław Boruszewski: “New Cosmogony” (Stanisław Lem, 1979) – Lem’s “Alienomorphic” Model of Communication – Esteban Vera Campillay: Starcraft Saga (Blizzard, 2010–2017) – The Xel’Naga and Perfection in Creation – Dimitra Nikolaidou: Project Fractal (Kostas Charitos, 2009) – Aliens at the Acropolis – Jonathan Hay: Binti (Nnedi Okorafor, 2015) – Africanfuturism and the Meduse – Silvia G. Kurlat Ares: Latin American Science Fiction (Various, 1871–present) – Aliens in the Latin American Imagination – Debaditya Mukhopadhyay: PK (Rajkumar Hirani, 2014) – Close Encounters with Bigots and Intolerance – Carl Wilson: Half-Life (Valve, 1998–2020) – Aliens in Gaming – Shawn Edrei: XCOM: Chimera Squad (Firaxis, 2020) – Roleplaying the Alien – Laura Thursby: “The War of the Worlds” (Orson Welles, 1940) – A Fantastic Alien Invasion – Henri Pitkänen: Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard, 2018) – The Musical Alien – Lyle Rexer: H. R. Giger (1940–2014) – A Fur Teacup with Teeth – Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and Jorge Traversa: Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (Dean Alioto, 1998) – Adaption and the Alien – Teresa Cutler- Broyles: The Orions (Star Trek, 1966–2020) – Slave Girls in Space – Natalija Majsova: Per Aspera Ad Astra (Richard Viktorov, 1980) – The Non-Sentimental Female Alien – Shweta Basu: Kirk and Spock (1967–present) – Slash, Aliens and Desire – Charmaine Tanti: I, Vampire ( Jody Scott, 1984) – Lesbians, Vampires and Aliens – Melody Blackmore and Catherine Pugh: Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997) – Militarism and Dehumanisation – Anton Karl Kozlovic: The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, 1951) – Alienating the Aliens – Päivi Väätänen: The Ballad of Beta- 2 (Samuel R. Delany, 1964) – Representations of Race – Tommaso Remia: “The Dance of the Changer and the Three” (Terry Carr, 1973) – Posthuman (Un)translatability – Alec Charles: The Doctor (Various, 1963–present) – Loving the Alien – Sergio Fernández Martínez: No Word from Gurb (Eduardo Mendoza, 1990 [Trans. 2007]) – Laughing with the Alien – Joan Ormrod: The War of the Worlds Adaptations (2013–2015) – Real Aliens and Post-Truth – Anik Sarkar: Save Yourselves! (Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Mitchell, 2020) – The Familiar and the (Un)tellurian Other – Owen Morawitz: Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, 2016) – Aliens Outside Time – Ildikó Limpár: Chaos Walking Trilogy (Patrick Ness, 2008–2010) – Rejecting the Anthropocene.