The Projected and Prophetic: Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace, and Science Fiction

The Projected and Prophetic: Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace, and Science Fiction
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9781848880870
ISBN-13 : 1848880871
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis The Projected and Prophetic: Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace, and Science Fiction by : Jordan J. Copeland

The papers collected in this volume document the exchange and development of ideas that comprised the 5th Global Conference on Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace, and Science Fiction, hosted at Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom, in July 2010.

The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction

The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 291
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ISBN-10 : 9781107052468
ISBN-13 : 1107052467
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction by : Eric Carl Link

This Companion explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience.

Worlds So Strange and Diverse

Worlds So Strange and Diverse
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9781443875264
ISBN-13 : 1443875260
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Worlds So Strange and Diverse by : Grzegorz Trębicki

This book represents an analysis of contemporary fantasy (non-mimetic) literature in all its richness and diversity, and offers a preliminary definition of the major fields of taxonomical interest, in addition to marking some of the unmapped territories of “fantastic” fiction. In its first part, the book presents an overview of all major previous theoretical discussions of the issue, particularly those by Tzvetan Todorov, Rosemary Jackson, Darko Suvin, Brian Attebery, Marek Oziewicz and Farah Mendlesohn. The second part of the book provides an interesting comprehensive taxonomy of its own, based on the notion of supragenological types of literature, first introduced by Andrzej Zgorzelski.

The Last of Us and Theology

The Last of Us and Theology
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 251
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ISBN-10 : 9781978716360
ISBN-13 : 1978716362
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last of Us and Theology by : Peter Admirand

With a catastrophic fungal pandemic, the post-apocalypse, a moral quest despite societal breakdowns, humans hunting humans or morphed into grotesque infected, The Last of Us video games and HBO series have exhilarated, frightened, and broken the hearts of millions of gamers and viewers. The Last of Us and Theology: Violence, Ethics, Redemption? is a richly diverse and probing edited volume featuring essays from academics across the world to examine theological and ethical themes from The Last of Us universe. Divided into three groupings—Violence, Ethics, and Redemption?—these chapters will especially appeal to The Last of Us fans and those interested in Theology and Pop Culture more broadly. Chapters not only grapple with theologians, ethicists, and novelists like Cormac McCarthy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Martin Buber, and Paul Tillich; and theological issues from forgiveness and theodicy to soteriology and eschatology; but will help readers become experts on all things fireflies, clickers, Cordyceps, and Seraphites. “Save who you can save” and “Look for the Light.”

The Lives of Texts

The Lives of Texts
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9781443865135
ISBN-13 : 1443865133
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis The Lives of Texts by : Andrzej Kowalczyk

The Lives of Texts: Exploring the Metaphor examines various instances of “textual subsistence” implied by the title. Drawing on the parallel between a text and a living organism, the contributors analyze various literary texts ranging from the Middle Ages to postmodernity, as well as film adaptations and the graphic novel. Apart from the works of canonical writers, attention is also drawn to some long-forgotten authors, along with the most recent instances of popular literature and culture. The exploration of the title metaphor allows the contributors to trace life-like phenomena (e.g. textual birth, maturation, dissemination, death and resurrection) in the texts of writers so remote from each other as Layamon, Thomas More, Mary Shelley, Charles Williams, Ursula Le Guin, A. S. Byatt, Peter Ackroyd, Iain Banks, J. K. Rowling, or Neil Gaiman.

Cyberpunk & Cyberculture

Cyberpunk & Cyberculture
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9781847140357
ISBN-13 : 1847140351
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Cyberpunk & Cyberculture by : Dani Cavallaro

Cyberpunk and Cyberculture explores the work of a wide range of writers- Acker, Cadigan, Rucker, Shierley, Sterling, Williams and, of course, Gibson - setting their work in the context of science fiction, other literary genres, genre cinema - from Metropolis to Terminator to The Matrix - and contemporary work on the culture of technology.

Cybersexualities

Cybersexualities
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015051279365
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Synopsis Cybersexualities by : Jenny Wolmark

Cyberspace, the cyborg and cyberpunk have given feminists new imaginative possibilities for thinking about embodiment and identity in relation to technology. This is the first anthology of the key essays on these potent metaphors. Divided into three sections (Technology, Embodiment and Cyberspace; Cybersubjects: Cyborgs and Cyberpunks; Cyborg Futures), the book addresses different aspects of the human-technology interface. The extensive introduction surveys the ways cyborg and cyberspace metaphors have been used in relation to current critical theory and indicates the context for the specific essays. This is an invaluable guide for students studying any aspects of contemporary theory and culture.* Brings together in a unique collection the work of key authors in feminist and cyber theory* Demonstrates the wide range of contemporary critical work* Challenges constructions of gender, race and class* An extensive introduction surveys the ways cyborg and cyberspace metaphors have been used in relation to current critical theory* Brief section introductions indicate the context for the specific essays

Cybermapping and the Writing of Myth

Cybermapping and the Writing of Myth
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Publisher : Peter Lang
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 0820488852
ISBN-13 : 9780820488851
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Cybermapping and the Writing of Myth by : Paul Jahshan

Original Scholarly Monograph

Cyberfeminism and Artificial Life

Cyberfeminism and Artificial Life
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0415240271
ISBN-13 : 9780415240277
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Cyberfeminism and Artificial Life by : Sarah Kember

Examining the construction, manipulation and re-definition of life in contemporary technoscientific culture, this book aims to re-focus concern on the ethics rather than on the 'nature' of artificial life.

Cybernetic Revolutionaries

Cybernetic Revolutionaries
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 343
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ISBN-10 : 9780262525961
ISBN-13 : 0262525968
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Cybernetic Revolutionaries by : Eden Medina

A historical study of Chile's twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics. In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile's experiment with peaceful socialist change under Salvador Allende; the second was the simultaneous attempt to build a computer system that would manage Chile's economy. Neither vision was fully realized—Allende's government ended with a violent military coup; the system, known as Project Cybersyn, was never completely implemented—but they hold lessons for today about the relationship between technology and politics. Drawing on extensive archival material and interviews, Medina examines the cybernetic system envisioned by the Chilean government—which was to feature holistic system design, decentralized management, human-computer interaction, a national telex network, near real-time control of the growing industrial sector, and modeling the behavior of dynamic systems. She also describes, and documents with photographs, the network's Star Trek-like operations room, which featured swivel chairs with armrest control panels, a wall of screens displaying data, and flashing red lights to indicate economic emergencies. Studying project Cybersyn today helps us understand not only the technological ambitions of a government in the midst of political change but also the limitations of the Chilean revolution. This history further shows how human attempts to combine the political and the technological with the goal of creating a more just society can open new technological, intellectual, and political possibilities. Technologies, Medina writes, are historical texts; when we read them we are reading history.