Storming the reality studio : a casebook of cyberpunk and postmodern science fiction
The term cyberpunk entered the literary landscape in 1984 to describe William Gibson s pathbreaking novel Neuromancer. Cyberpunks are now among the shock troops of postmodernism, Larry McCaffery argues in Storming the Reality Studio, marshalling the resources of a fragmentary culture to create a sta...
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| Formatua: | Livre papier |
| Hizkuntza: | Anglais |
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Durham ; London :
Duke University press
1991.
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Autre tirages : 1992 (4e impression) ; 2007 (8e impression) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Gaia: | The term cyberpunk entered the literary landscape in 1984 to describe William Gibson s pathbreaking novel Neuromancer. Cyberpunks are now among the shock troops of postmodernism, Larry McCaffery argues in Storming the Reality Studio, marshalling the resources of a fragmentary culture to create a startling new form. Artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, multinational machinations, frenetic bursts of prose, collisions of style, celebrations of texture: although emerging largely from science fiction, these features of cyberpunk writing are, as this volume makes clear, integrally related to the aims and innovations of the literary avant-garde. By bringing together original fiction by well-known contemporary writers (William Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Kathy Acker, J. G. Ballard, Samuel R. Delany), critical commentary by some of the major theorists of postmodern art and culture (Jacques Derrida, Fredric Jameson, Timothy Leary, Jean-François Lyotard), and work by major practitioners of cyberpunk (William Gibson, Rudy Rucker, John Shirley, Pat Cadigan, Bruce Sterling), Storming the Reality Studio reveals a fascinating ongoing dialog in contemporary culture. What emerges most strikingly from the colloquy is a shared preoccupation with the force of technology in shaping modern life. It is precisely this concern, according to McCaffery, that has put science fiction, typically the province of technological art, at the forefront of creative explorations of our unique age. A rich opporunity for reading across genres, this anthology offers a new perspective on the evolution of postmodern culture and ultimately shows how deeply technological developments have influenced our vision and our art. |
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| Alearen deskribapena: | Autre tirages : 1992 (4e impression) ; 2007 (8e impression) |
| Deskribapen fisikoa: | 1 volume (XV-387 pages) : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliografia: | Bibliographie pages [375]-383 |
| ISBN: | 9780822311683 (broché) 0822311682 (broché) 0822311585 (relié) : |