Science-fiction Studies, Volume 25, Part 3SFS Publications., 1998 - Science fiction |
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Page 501
... soldier's body is stripped of its exceptional status among physical objects . It is , in other words , demoted to a piece of military machinery . The problems it poses are logistical - transport , preservation , repair , application ...
... soldier's body is stripped of its exceptional status among physical objects . It is , in other words , demoted to a piece of military machinery . The problems it poses are logistical - transport , preservation , repair , application ...
Page 504
... body is suspended weightlessly , afloat in empty space . Cadets in training for combat float elegantly ... soldier's body figures in the equations of military planning , its presence will ensure that all military technology is ...
... body is suspended weightlessly , afloat in empty space . Cadets in training for combat float elegantly ... soldier's body figures in the equations of military planning , its presence will ensure that all military technology is ...
Page 505
... soldier's body , which is contained , enclosed , and enveloped by it . The boundaries between the body and its technological environment are blurred . But unlike Dery's notion of " discorporation " ( derived from Marshall McLuhan's ...
... soldier's body , which is contained , enclosed , and enveloped by it . The boundaries between the body and its technological environment are blurred . But unlike Dery's notion of " discorporation " ( derived from Marshall McLuhan's ...
Contents
IN MEMORIAM | 401 |
ARTICLES | 411 |
Donald Palumbo The Monomyth as Fractal Pattern in Frank | 433 |
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