Cyberpunk & Cyberculture: Science Fiction and the Work of William GibsonCyberpunk 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. |
Contents
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1 Cyberpunk and virtual technologies | 26 |
2 Cyberpunk technology and mythology | 41 |
3 Cyberpunk and the body | 72 |
4 Cyberpunk gender and sexuality | 109 |
5 Cyberpunk and the city | 133 |
6 Cyberpunk and the Gothic | 164 |
Cyberpunk and memory | 204 |
References | 215 |
Guide to further reading | 237 |
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References to this book
Digital Matters: Theory and Culture of the Matrix Jan Ll Harris,Paul A. Taylor No preview available - 2005 |