Cordwainer Smith

Dec 11, 2023 | fivebooks.com | Cordwainer Smith |Greg Bear |Octavia E. Butler |Michel Faber

How do the science fiction and horror book genres overlap? And can you explain the appeal of sci-fi horror, particularly body horror? Mixing sci-fi and horror together goes back as far as sci-fi itself, maybe even beginning with Frankenstein. Through some of the books that I’m going to talk about today, I came to love the idea of exploring science fiction through the body, and through body horror in particular.