The human future? : artificial humans and evolution in Anglophone science fiction of the 20th century / Stefan Lampadius.

Author
Lampadius, Stefan [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2020]
  • ©2020
Description
ix, 353 pages ; 26 cm.

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    Notes
    Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Leipzig, 2016.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-353).
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Science fiction, creation and evolution
    • The artificial future: from H.G. Wells to Olaf Stapledon
    • The price of utopia: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1932)
    • The ethical machine: Isaac Asimov's I, Robot (1950) and its legacy
    • The artificial double: Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
    • The cybernetic revolution: William Gibson's Neuromancer (1984)
    • Digital humanity: Greg Egan's Diaspora (1997)
    • Conclusion and outlook.
    Other title(s)
    Artificial humans and evolution in anglophone science fiction of the 20th century
    ISBN
    • 9783825347062 (hardbound)
    • 3825347060 (hardbound)
    OCLC
    1201511811
    International Article Number
    • 9783825347062
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