In the preface to his 1999 book The Age of Spiritual Machines, Raymond Kurzweil suggests that the most important question that we will face this century is how we define the “human.”
Tag Archives: cyberpunk
Gothing Out
“Gothing Out” Originally uploaded by jhary.Having some fun shopping in Second Life. This is the first generation of my new cyberpunk look. Thanks for the help, Alexa. I also found a cool blog right here on Blogger that deals with Second Life: Fashion Victim. I ran into some of Stephanie Misfit’s photos on Flickr, and [...]
Gibson’s Merging Realities: “The Gernsback Continuum”
While many critics suggest that “Gernsback” metafictively comments on the need for change in sf, from the utopian visions of the golden age of science fiction to a more socially critical and culturally conscious expression, others suggest that it and the collective dreams that it embodies plays a continued role in what Bruce Sterling calls a modern reform of science fiction.
Sf Index
I’m slowly creating a science fiction index for my class this fall. As I mentioned on my insomniac post, I’ve decided not to get an anthology, though there are many good ones out there, like Le Guin’s and Roberts’, neither and none have all the stories that I want to teach. Well, this is not [...]
Cybersomething
I was looking through photos on Flickr tonight, and came across this one. There’s quite a bit of good amateur photography there, but this shot stuck me: very Matrix-like. It’s almost like a cross between something William Gibson would conceive in a Ballard-inspired setting — lots of pixels and concrete. I think the greenish hue [...]
