Constructing PostmodernismBrian McHale provides a series of readings of a wide range of postmodernist fiction, from Eco's Foucault's Pendulum to the works of cyberpunk science-fiction, relating the works to aspects of postmodern popular culture. |
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... cyberpunk science-fiction by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Lewis Shiner, Rudy Rucker and others. Although mainly focused on “high” or “elite” cultural products — “art” novels - Construct' ing Postmodernism relates these products to ...
... cyberpunk science-fiction by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Lewis Shiner, Rudy Rucker and others. Although mainly focused on “high” or “elite” cultural products — “art” novels - Construct' ing Postmodernism relates these products to ...
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... cyberpunk 229 In the loop (2): cyberpunk recycled as postmodernism 233 Interface fiction 236 When it changed 237 Appendix 10.] 239. viii Contents.
... cyberpunk 229 In the loop (2): cyberpunk recycled as postmodernism 233 Interface fiction 236 When it changed 237 Appendix 10.] 239. viii Contents.
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... 11 Towards a poetics of cyberpunk 243 “Cyberwhatsis” 243 Cowboys and sundogs 247 Simstim 253 The final frontier 261 Notes 268 References 308 Index 325 Acknowledgments My debts are many; the space in which to. Contents ix.
... 11 Towards a poetics of cyberpunk 243 “Cyberwhatsis” 243 Cowboys and sundogs 247 Simstim 253 The final frontier 261 Notes 268 References 308 Index 325 Acknowledgments My debts are many; the space in which to. Contents ix.
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... Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 308-23. Chapter 11, originally published in Critique 33, 3 (1992), under the title “Elements of a Poetics of Cyberpunk,” 149-75. Chapters 5 and 8 began as book ...
... Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 308-23. Chapter 11, originally published in Critique 33, 3 (1992), under the title “Elements of a Poetics of Cyberpunk,” 149-75. Chapters 5 and 8 began as book ...
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... cyberpunk” SF. In fact, if cyberpunk did not exist, postmodernist critics like myself would have had to invent it. Perhaps we did, in a sense. Certainly, cyberpunk science fiction seems to be on the postmodernist critical agenda. If it ...
... cyberpunk” SF. In fact, if cyberpunk did not exist, postmodernist critics like myself would have had to invent it. Perhaps we did, in a sense. Certainly, cyberpunk science fiction seems to be on the postmodernist critical agenda. If it ...
Contents
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Misreading Pynchon | 59 |
Reading postmodernists | 142 |
At the interface | 223 |
Notes | 268 |
References | 308 |
Index | 325 |
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