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For several generations now, science fiction, speculative fiction, and other fantastic genres have raised important questions of what it means to be a human and a person; the ways in which these questions are presented vary widely in style, approach, and intended audience.
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Weiss, S. (2015). Red Cylon, Blue Human: Becoming Alive in a Postcolonial Battlestar Galactica. In: Dellwing, M., Harbusch, M. (eds) Vergemeinschaftung in Zeiten der Zombie-Apokalypse. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-01722-4_6
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