Albert A. Harrison (1940-2015) was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. He co-authored Living Aloft, Human Requirements for Extended Spaceflight (1985), From Antarctica to Outer Space: Life in Isolation and Confinement (1991) and author of After Contact: the Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life (1997) and Spacefaring: The Human Dimension (2001). He was a member of the International Academy of Astronautics' SETI Committee, and of NASA's Space Human Factors Engineering Science and Technology Working Group.

“Harrison delves into the real, potential, and imagined dangers and fears surrounding humanity’s probing of deep space. In this regard, his short section on astrobiology and Chapter 8, “Matters of Life and Death,” are excellent…Starstruck is an interesting, provocative, and somewhat strange book. It is authoritative and well referenced in the text with an extensive section of references at the end of the volume… It is an introduction to a far-reaching conversation encompassing several important ideas.“ • Social Science Journal“The author is self-reflective, honest, curious, critical, and looks deep into our psychological and sociological journey over the past half-century or so since our serious first steps into space. Harrison ranges widely across the social sciences and humanities, touches on a wealth of topics located on the periphery of science, technology, human consciousness, and enthusiastically explores the intersection of contemporary religion, science and folklore…It is a timely and engaging book, given its breadth and scope.” • Futures

• PrefaceChapter 1. Thinking BigChapter 2. Frontier ScienceChapter 3. Eyes on the UniverseChapter 4. The Extraterrestrial HypothesisChapter 5. Of Gods and SpacemenChapter 6. Visitor ExperiencesChapter 7. TrickstersChapter 8. Matters of Life and DeathChapter 9. Preposterous or Prudent?Chapter 10. Star WarsEpilogueReferencesIndex

Albert A. Harrison (1940-2015) was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. He co-authored Living Aloft, Human Requirements for Extended Spaceflight (1985), From Antarctica to Outer Space: Life in Isolation and Confinement (1991) and author of After Contact: the Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life (1997) and Spacefaring: The Human Dimension (2001). He was a member of the International Academy of Astronautics' SETI Committee, and of NASA's Space Human Factors Engineering Science and Technology Working Group.

“Harrison delves into the real, potential, and imagined dangers and fears surrounding humanity’s probing of deep space. In this regard, his short section on astrobiology and Chapter 8, “Matters of Life and Death,” are excellent…Starstruck is an interesting, provocative, and somewhat strange book. It is authoritative and well referenced in the text with an extensive section of references at the end of the volume… It is an introduction to a far-reaching conversation encompassing several important ideas.“ • Social Science Journal“The author is self-reflective, honest, curious, critical, and looks deep into our psychological and sociological journey over the past half-century or so since our serious first steps into space. Harrison ranges widely across the social sciences and humanities, touches on a wealth of topics located on the periphery of science, technology, human consciousness, and enthusiastically explores the intersection of contemporary religion, science and folklore…It is a timely and engaging book, given its breadth and scope.” • Futures

• PrefaceChapter 1. Thinking BigChapter 2. Frontier ScienceChapter 3. Eyes on the UniverseChapter 4. The Extraterrestrial HypothesisChapter 5. Of Gods and SpacemenChapter 6. Visitor ExperiencesChapter 7. TrickstersChapter 8. Matters of Life and DeathChapter 9. Preposterous or Prudent?Chapter 10. Star WarsEpilogueReferencesIndex

Albert A. Harrison (1940-2015) was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. He co-authored Living Aloft, Human Requirements for Extended Spaceflight (1985), From Antarctica to Outer Space: Life in Isolation and Confinement (1991) and author of After Contact: the Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life (1997) and Spacefaring: The Human Dimension (2001). He was a member of the International Academy of Astronautics' SETI Committee, and of NASA's Space Human Factors Engineering Science and Technology Working Group.

“Harrison delves into the real, potential, and imagined dangers and fears surrounding humanity’s probing of deep space. In this regard, his short section on astrobiology and Chapter 8, “Matters of Life and Death,” are excellent…Starstruck is an interesting, provocative, and somewhat strange book. It is authoritative and well referenced in the text with an extensive section of references at the end of the volume… It is an introduction to a far-reaching conversation encompassing several important ideas.“ • Social Science Journal“The author is self-reflective, honest, curious, critical, and looks deep into our psychological and sociological journey over the past half-century or so since our serious first steps into space. Harrison ranges widely across the social sciences and humanities, touches on a wealth of topics located on the periphery of science, technology, human consciousness, and enthusiastically explores the intersection of contemporary religion, science and folklore…It is a timely and engaging book, given its breadth and scope.” • Futures

• PrefaceChapter 1. Thinking BigChapter 2. Frontier ScienceChapter 3. Eyes on the UniverseChapter 4. The Extraterrestrial HypothesisChapter 5. Of Gods and SpacemenChapter 6. Visitor ExperiencesChapter 7. TrickstersChapter 8. Matters of Life and DeathChapter 9. Preposterous or Prudent?Chapter 10. Star WarsEpilogueReferencesIndex