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Snow Crash

Author : Neal Stephenson
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141924047
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Snow Crash written by Neal Stephenson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1994-10-27 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH NEW, NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED MATERIAL After the Internet, what came next? Enter the Metaverse - cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about everything goes. Newly available on the Street - the Metaverse's main drag - is Snow Crash. A cyberdrug that reduces avatars in the digital world to dust, but also infects users in real life, leaving them in a vegetative state. This is bad news for Hiro, a freelance hacker and the Metaverse's best swordfighter, and mouthy skateboard courier Y. T.. Together, investigating the Infocalypse, they trace back the roots of language itself to an ancient Sumerian priesthood and find they must race to stop a shadowy virtual villain hell-bent on world domination. In this special edition of the remarkably prescient modern classic, Neal Stephenson explores linguistics, computer science, politics and philosophy in the form of a break-neck adventure into the fast-approaching yet eerily recognizable future. 'Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the twenty-first century' William Gibson 'Brilliantly realized' New York Times Book Review 'Like a Pynchon novel with the brakes removed' Washington Post 'A remarkably prescient vision of today's tech landscape' Vanity Fair

Snow Crash

Author : Neal Stephenson
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0553898191
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (538 download)

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Download or read book Snow Crash written by Neal Stephenson and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2003-08-26 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now featuring never-before-seen material, the “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states, where law-abiding citizens don’t dare leave their mansions. Hiro delivers pizza to the mansions for a living, defending his pies from marauders when necessary with a matched set of samurai swords. His home is a shared 20 X 30 U-Stor-It. He spends most of his time goggled in to the Metaverse, where his avatar is legendary. But in the club known as The Black Sun, his fellow hackers are being felled by a weird new drug called Snow Crash that reduces them to nothing more than a jittering cloud of bad digital karma (and IRL, a vegetative state). Investigating the Infocalypse leads Hiro all the way back to the beginning of language itself, with roots in an ancient Sumerian priesthood. He’ll be joined by Y.T., a fearless teenaged skateboard courier. Together, they must race to stop a shadowy virtual villain hell-bent on world domination.

The Self Wired

Author : Lisa Yaszek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136716165
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book The Self Wired written by Lisa Yaszek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Advanced technologies challenge conventional understandings of the human subject by transforming the body into a conduit between external forces and the internal psyche. This title discusses the intense controversy about how to best understand and represent human subjectivity in a technology-intensive era. Yaszek provides an overview by linking specific modes of identity and agency to engagement with specific manifestations of technology itself.

The Shape of the Signifier

Author : Walter Benn Michaels
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400849594
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Shape of the Signifier written by Walter Benn Michaels and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shape of the Signifier is a critique of recent theory--primarily literary but also cultural and political. Bringing together previously unconnected strands of Michaels's thought--from "Against Theory" to Our America--it anatomizes what's fundamentally at stake when we think of literature in terms of the experience of the reader rather than the intention of the author, and when we substitute the question of who people are for the question of what they believe. With signature virtuosity, Michaels shows how the replacement of ideological difference (we believe different things) with identitarian difference (we speak different languages, we have different bodies and different histories) organizes the thinking of writers from Richard Rorty to Octavia Butler to Samuel Huntington to Kathy Acker. He then examines how this shift produces the narrative logic of texts ranging from Toni Morrison's Beloved to Michael Hardt and Toni Negri's Empire. As with everything Michaels writes, The Shape of the Signifier is sure to leave controversy and debate in its wake.

Reading Matters

Author : Joseph Tabbi
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501717650
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Reading Matters written by Joseph Tabbi and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The convergence of twentieth-century narrative and technology is one of the most important developments in current literary study. A decade after the founding of the Society for Literature and Science and the appearance of such influential books as Kathleen Woodward's Culture of Information and William Paulson's The Noise of Culture, Joseph Tabbi and Michael Wutz have edited a landmark volume to summarize this still-emerging field. Twelve original essays and the editors' introductory overview show how these theoretical concerns can contribute to the practical study of narrative. Reading Matters covers the range of contemporary literature, from the canonical novels of high modernism and postmodernism through subjects new to the academic agenda, such as cyberpunk and hypertext fiction. In an age that has proclaimed the death of the novel many times over, the contributors argue persuasively for the continued vitality of literary narrative. By responding in ingenious ways to the capabilities of other media, they assert, the novel has enlarged and redefined its territory of representation and its range of techniques and play, while maintaining its viability in the new media assemblage.

The Future of Identity in the Information Society

Author : Simone Fischer-Hübner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0387790268
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Identity in the Information Society written by Simone Fischer-Hübner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-08-25 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing diversity of Infonnation Communication Technologies and their equally diverse range of uses in personal, professional and official capacities raise challenging questions of identity in a variety of contexts. Each communication exchange contains an identifier which may, or may not, be intended by the parties involved. What constitutes an identity, how do new technologies affect identity, how do we manage identities in a globally networked infonnation society? th th From the 6 to the 10 August 2007, IFIP (International Federation for Infonnation Processing) working groups 9. 2 (Social Accountability), 9. 6/11. 7 (IT rd Misuse and the Law) and 11. 6 (Identity Management) hold their 3 Intemational Summer School on "The Future of Identity in the Infonnation Society" in cooperation with the EU Network of Excellence FIDIS at Karlstad University. The Summer School addressed the theme of Identity Management in relation to current and future technologies in a variety of contexts. The aim of the IFIP summer schools has been to introduce participants to the social implications of Infonnation Technology through the process of infonned discussion. Following the holistic approach advocated by the involved IFIP working groups, a diverse group of participants ranging from young doctoral students to leading researchers in the field were encouraged to engage in discussion, dialogue and debate in an infonnal and supportive setting. The interdisciplinary, and intemational, emphasis of the Summer School allowed for a broader understanding of the issues in the technical and social spheres.

Technophobia!

Author : Daniel Dinello
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292709862
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Technophobia! written by Daniel Dinello and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Techno-heaven or techno-hell? If you believe many scientists working in the emerging fields of twenty-first-century technology, the future is blissfully bright. Initially, human bodies will be perfected through genetic manipulation and the fusion of human and machine; later, human beings will completely shed the shackles of pain, disease, and even death, as human minds are downloaded into death-free robots whereby they can live forever in a heavenly "posthuman" existence. In this techno-utopian future, humanity will be saved by the godlike power of technology. If you believe the authors of science fiction, however, posthuman evolution marks the beginning of the end of human freedom, values, and identity. Our dark future will be dominated by mad scientists, rampaging robots, killer clones, and uncontrollable viruses. In this timely new book, Daniel Dinello examines "the dramatic conflict between the techno-utopia promised by real-world scientists and the techno-dystopia predicted by science fiction." Organized into chapters devoted to robotics, bionics, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and other significant scientific advancements, this book summarizes the current state of each technology, while presenting corresponding reactions in science fiction. Dinello draws on a rich range of material, including films, television, books, and computer games, and argues that science fiction functions as a valuable corrective to technological domination, countering techno-hype and reflecting the "weaponized, religiously rationalized, profit-fueled" motives of such science. By imaging a disastrous future of posthuman techno-totalitarianism, science fiction encourages us to construct ways to contain new technology, and asks its audience perhaps the most important question of the twenty-first century: is technology out of control?

Cyberculture, Cyborgs and Science Fiction

Author : William S. Haney
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9042019484
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Cyberculture, Cyborgs and Science Fiction written by William S. Haney and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2006 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing a key issue related to human nature, this book argues that the first-person experience of pure consciousness may soon be under threat from posthuman biotechnology. In exploiting the mind's capacity for instrumental behavior, posthumanists seek to extend human experience by physically projecting the mind outward through the continuity of thought and the material world, as through telepresence and other forms of prosthetic enhancements. Posthumanism envisions a biology/machine symbiosis that will promote this extension, arguably at the expense of the natural tendency of the mind to move toward pure consciousness. As each chapter of this book contends, by forcibly overextending and thus jeopardizing the neurophysiology of consciousness, the posthuman condition could in the long term undermine human nature, defined as the effortless capacity for transcending the mind's conceptual content. Presented here for the first time, the essential argument of this book is more than a warning; it gives a direction: far better to practice patience and develop pure consciousness and evolve into a higher human being than to fall prey to the Faustian temptations of biotechnological power. As argued throughout the book, each person must choose for him or herself between the technological extension of physical experience through mind, body and world on the one hand, and the natural powers of human consciousness on the other as a means to realize their ultimate vision.

The Future Imaginary in Indigenous North American Arts and Literatures

Author : Kristina Baudemann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000529894
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Future Imaginary in Indigenous North American Arts and Literatures written by Kristina Baudemann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the future in Indigenous North American speculative literature and digital arts. Asking how different Indigenous works imagine the future and how they negotiate settler colonial visions of what is to come, the chapters illustrate that the future is not an immutable entity but a malleable textual/digital product that can function as both a colonial tool and a catalyst for decolonization. Central to this study is the development of a methodology that helps unearth the signifying structures producing the future in selected works by Darcie Little Badger, Gerald Vizenor, Stephen Graham Jones, Skawennati, Danis Goulet, Scott Benesiinaabandan, Postcommodity, Kite, Jeff Barnaby, and Ryan Singer. Drawing on Jason Lewis’s "future imaginary" as the theoretical core, the book describes the various forms of textual representation and virtual simulation through which notions of Indigenous continuation are expressed in literary and new media works. Arguing that Indigenous authors and artists apply the aesthetics of the future as a strategy in their works, the volume conceptualizes its multimedia corpus as a continuously growing archive of, and for, Indigenous futures.

From Microverse to Metaverse

Author : Leighton Evans
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1804550213
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book From Microverse to Metaverse written by Leighton Evans and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-12 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Microverse to Metaverse: Modelling the Future through Today's Virtual Worlds analyzes the political economy of emerging tech with the mechanisms of identity and behavioral constraints involved to map what a metaverse might be like, whether it can happen, and just why some companies seem so determined to make it happen.

Black and Brown Planets

Author : Isiah Lavender III
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1626743061
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Black and Brown Planets written by Isiah Lavender III and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black and Brown Planets embarks on a timely exploration of the American obsession with color in its look at the sometimes contrary intersections of politics and race in science fiction. The contributors, including De Witt D. Kilgore, Edward James, Lisa Yaszek, and Marleen S. Barr, among others, explore science fiction worlds of possibility (literature, television, and film), lifting blacks, Latin Americans, and indigenous peoples out from the background of this historically white genre. This collection considers the role of race and ethnicity in our visions of the future. The first section emphasizes the political elements of black identity portrayed in science fiction from black America to the vast reaches of interstellar space framed by racial history. In the next section, analysis of indigenous science fiction addresses the effects of colonization, helps discard the emotional and psychological baggage carried from its impact, and recovers ancestral traditions in order to adapt in a post-Native-apocalyptic world. Likewise, this section explores the affinity between science fiction and subjectivity in Latin American cultures from the role of science and industrialization to the effects of being in and moving between two cultures. By infusing more color in this otherwise monochrome genre, Black and Brown Planets imagines alternate racial galaxies with viable political futures in which people of color determine human destiny.

Approaches to World Literature

Author : Joachim Küpper
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3050064951
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Approaches to World Literature written by Joachim Küpper and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume introduces new considerations on the topic of “World Literature”, penned by leading representatives of the discipline from the United States, India, Japan, the Middle East, England, France and Germany. The essays revolve around the question of what, specifically in today's rapidly globalizing world, may be the productive implications of the concept of World Literature, which was first developed in the 18th century and then elaborated on by Goethe. The discussions include problems such as different script systems with varying literary functions, as well as questions addressing the relationship between ethnic self-description and cultural belonging. The contributions result from a conference that took place at the Dahlem Humanities Center, Freie Universität Berlin, in 2012.

Metaverse – METAVERSE 2022

Author : Liang-Jie Zhang
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031235185
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Metaverse – METAVERSE 2022 written by Liang-Jie Zhang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th METAVERSE 2022 conference, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2022, in December 2022 in Honolulu, USA. The 7 full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. The papers cover topics in the field of Advertising Services, Banking Services, Broadcasting & Cable TV Service, Business Services, Communications Services, Government Services, Real Estate Operations Services, Schools and Education Services, Healthcare Services, and much more.

Into the Genre: Sci-Fi

Author : Scot Morgan
Publisher : Thrillaris
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Into the Genre: Sci-Fi written by Scot Morgan and published by Thrillaris. This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the gateway of imagination, where the boundless realms of science fiction unfold before you. In this comprehensive guide, we embark on a journey that transcends the boundaries of reality and explores the vast cosmos of speculative storytelling. This book serves as both an homage to the illustrious heritage of science fiction and a guiding light for aspiring writers navigating the uncharted territories of the genre. Our odyssey begins with a profound discussion on the essence of science fiction itself—an exploration of its origins, evolution, and the distinctive characteristics that have shaped it into a genre of boundless possibilities. Aspiring writers will find invaluable insights into the art of crafting compelling science fiction narratives, delving into the nuances of world-building, character development, and the delicate balance between scientific rigor and creative invention. Dive deeper into the genre’s kaleidoscopic landscape with an illuminating essay on the distinctions between scientifically grounded science fiction and the more fantastical realms of speculative storytelling. Uncover the threads that weave through the tapestry of sci-fi, from hard science fiction to space opera, exploring the rich spectrum of possibilities that captivate readers and writers alike. In contemplating the future of science fiction, we peer ahead into the next century, forecasting the trajectory of a genre that has continually reinvented itself. What tales will unfold, and what imaginative landscapes will capture the minds of readers in the years to come? Join us in pondering these questions and envisioning the future of speculative storytelling. Navigate the well-trodden paths and uncharted territories of science fiction tropes and themes, discovering the narrative elements that have become the building blocks of countless memorable tales. Our curated list of 102 influential science fiction novels spans the decades, showcasing the literary giants who have shaped the genre and left an indelible mark on its legacy. For those seeking inspiration, we offer a treasury of science fiction story ideas, places, spaceships, and alien species, along with a catalog of possible sci-fi items to invigorate your narratives. Venture into linguistic innovation with a collection of made-up words tailor-made for sci-fi contexts, and let your imagination take flight with sample story beginnings designed to spark creativity and ignite the storytelling engines of future science fiction masters. Embark on this odyssey through the cosmos of imagination—a guide, an exploration, and an invitation to forge your own path among the stars of science fiction storytelling. Get Into the Genre: Sci-FI, A Guide for Readers and Writers today! Here's what you'll find in the book: ★ The History ★ The Genre ★ A Guide for Aspiring Writers ★ How Much Science? ★ The Future ★ Tropes and Themes ★ Synopses of 105 Influential Science Fiction Novels (1818-2021) ★ Sci-Fi Story Ideas — for you to use ★ Alien Species — for you to use ★ Spaceships— for you to use ★ Sci-Fi Items— for you to use ★ Sci-Fi Places— for you to use ★ Sci-Fi Words— for you to use ★ Story Beginnings— to fuel your creativity

Virtual Geographies

Author : Sabine Heuser
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042009868
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Virtual Geographies written by Sabine Heuser and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century. They discuss how these agents are instrumental in the production of homogenous world-spaces, and how htese, in turn, presuppose new kinds of political and cultural identity.Virtual Geographies explores how new communication technologies are being used to produce new geographies and new types of space. Leading contributors from a wide range of disciplines including geography, sociology, philosophy and literatur.

Tomorrow through the Past

Author : Jon Lewis
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443802700
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Tomorrow through the Past written by Jon Lewis and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tomorrow Through the Past: Neal Stephenson and the Project of Global Modernization is the first collection of scholarly essays dedicated exclusively to this important voice in contemporary American fiction. The collection grew from five essays originally presented at the 2006 XXth Century Literature Conference at the University of Louisville, and the contributors are made up of graduate students, independent scholars, and university professors who hope the collection will aid general readers as well as instructors teaching Stephenson and professionals building the critical response to his work. Reading through the lenses of history and linguistic, cultural, and science fiction studies, the essays in the collection examine each of Stephenson’s novels from The Big U to The Baroque Cycle as well as his long non-fiction work on computer operating systems, In the Beginning … Was the Command Line. Included in this collection is a new interview conducted with Stephenson during the summer of 2006.

Contemporary Futurist Thought

Author : Thomas Lombardo
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1467805955
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Futurist Thought written by Thomas Lombardo and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-06-23 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Futurist Thought describes recent thinking about the future, dealing with both the hopes and the fears expressed in modern times concerning what potentially lies ahead. There are many such hopes and fears perhaps an overpowering number, competing with each other and swirling about in the collective mind of humanity. Psychologist and futurist Tom Lombardo describes this mental universe of inspiring dreams and threatening premonitions regarding the future. The book begins with an in-depth examination of the highly influential literary genre of science fiction, which Dr. Lombardo identifies as the mythology of the future. He next describes the modern academic discipline of future studies which attempts to apply scientific methods and principles to an understanding of the future. Social and technological trends in the twentieth century are then reviewed, setting the stage for an analysis of the great contemporary transformation occurring in our present world. Given the powerful and pervasive changes taking place across the globe and throughout all aspects of human life, the questions arise: Where are we potentially heading and, perhaps more importantly, where should we be heading? The final chapter provides an extensive review of different answers to these questions. Describing theories and approaches that highlight science, technology, culture, human psychology, and religion, among other areas of focus, as well as integrative views which attempt to provide big pictures of all aspects of human life, the book provides a rich and broad overview of contemporary ideas and visions about the future. In the conclusion, Dr. Lombardo assesses and synthesizes these myriad perspectives, proposing a set of key ideas central to understanding the future. This book completes the study of future consciousness begun in its companion volume, The Evolution of Future Consciousness. These two volumes, rich in historical detail and concise observations on the interrelatedness of a wide range of interdisciplinary topics, are a significant contribution to the field of future studies and a valuable resource for educators, consultants, and anyone wishing to explore the significance of thinking about the future.