Science-fiction Studies, Volume 29, Issue 1SFS Publications, 2002 - Science fiction |
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Page 74
... construction of artificial body parts that can be controlled through myoelectric circuits , bridging the gap between machine signals and human signals , gives a substantial basis for the expectation that the cyborg - state will be ...
... construction of artificial body parts that can be controlled through myoelectric circuits , bridging the gap between machine signals and human signals , gives a substantial basis for the expectation that the cyborg - state will be ...
Page 80
... construction of monsters is in providing grotesque spectacles that violate our understanding of nature while also discovering rational explanations for them . The scandalously grotesque combinations should be explicable in terms of ...
... construction of monsters is in providing grotesque spectacles that violate our understanding of nature while also discovering rational explanations for them . The scandalously grotesque combinations should be explicable in terms of ...
Page 86
... construction , like a swimmer consumed by a colossal wave . With the grotesque the violence occurs in the bodily base that was likewise ignored by consciousness ; it is constantly opening up , metas- tasizing , refusing to settle in ...
... construction , like a swimmer consumed by a colossal wave . With the grotesque the violence occurs in the bodily base that was likewise ignored by consciousness ; it is constantly opening up , metas- tasizing , refusing to settle in ...
Contents
The Dickian Legacy Postmo | 15 |
Anthony Enns Mediality and Mourning in Stanislaw Lems Solaris | 34 |
Istvan CsicseryRonay Jr On the Grotesque in Science Fiction | 71 |
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