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The human future? : artificial humans and evolution in Anglophone science fiction of the 20th century / Stefan Lampadius.
Author
Lampadius, Stefan
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2020]
©2020
Description
ix, 353 pages ; 26 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
PR830.S35 L36 2020
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Science fiction, English
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20th century
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History and criticism
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Literature and technology
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English-speaking countries
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History
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20th century
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Artificial intelligence in literature
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Technology in literature
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Cybernetics in literature
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Huxley, Aldous 1894-1963
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Brave new world
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Asimov, Isaac 1920-1992
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I, robot
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Dick, Philip K.
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Do androids dream of electric sheep?
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Gibson, William 1948-
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Neuromancer
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Egan, Greg 1961-
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Diaspora
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Series
Anglistische Forschungen ; Heft 469.
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Anglistische Forschungen, 0179-1389 ; Band 469
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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.
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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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