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Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION Camus’ absurd and science fiction film: A potential point of convergence?

PART ICamus’ absurd: Consciousness and limits

CHAPTER 1 The redemptive power of absurd walls in The Stranger

CHAPTER 2 “If I were a tree”: Facing the limits of human existence in The Myth of Sisyphus

CHAPTER 3 “A strange form of love”: Responding to the limits of human existence in The Myth of Sisyphus and The Rebel

PART IIScience fiction films: Absurd at the edge of the cosmos

Introduction to Part II

CHAPTER 4 When the silent universe speaks: Applying Camus’ absurd to the alien encounters of Contact and Arrival

CHAPTER 5 Dreams of the impossible: Applying Camus’ absurd to the human/machine relations of A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Her

CHAPTER 6 The strangers: Reflections on the interrelations between Camus’ absurd and sci-fi encounters with nonhumans

Bibliography

Index