Vegetarianism and Science Fiction - A History of Utopian Animal Ethics

Vegetarianism and Science Fiction: A History of Utopian Animal Ethics examines how vegetarian ideals promoted within science fiction and utopian literature have had a real-world impact on the awareness and spread of vegetarianism and animal advocacy, as well as how the genres' engagements have been altered to reflect changes in ethical and environmental philosophy. Author Joshua Bulleid examines the representation of vegetarianism in the works of major science fiction authors, including Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ernest Callenbach, Marge Piercy, Octavia E. Butler, Kim Stanley Robinson and Margaret Atwood within their evolving social contexts, tracing the development of vegetarian trends and their science fictional representations from the early-nineteenth century to the present day.

Joshua Bulleid completed his PhD in literary studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. In addition to contributing chapters on vegetarianism and utopia to the Palgrave Macmillan collection Ethical Futures and Global Science Fiction (2020) and The Edinburgh Companion to Vegan Literary Studies (2022), his articles on vegetarianism and animal ethics have appeared in the field-defining science fiction journals Foundation and Science Fiction Studies. He also hosts the Terry Pratchett podcast Unseen Academicals.