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what do I do with my hands????
Saturday, November 05, 2311 Today four raiders from another Human-resister village brought a Human-born male construct child into Phoenix. Damek, Galt, Iriarte, and Kaliq were their names. They fuckin’ stank, and no one trusted them from the get-go. Akin, the … Continue reading
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Isolation and Aliens
Ok…I’m going to preface this with the fact that I realize this may seem a little corny, but I’m going to present the case anyway because I feel it is worthy of attention. Nay, a blog post! Lilith is “the … Continue reading
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Dog Eyes
I have chosen to analyze page 105 in Grant Morrison’s and Frank Quitley’s We3. I thought this page had particular significance because it is the point in the graphic novel where Bandit realizes that the coat of armor in … Continue reading
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Neuromancer: Super-suspend Your Disbelief and Trust in Gibson
Having read a few novels that fall into the cyberpunk genre, I was not completely taken aback by Gibson’s total immersion technique in Neuromancer. However, this is not to say, by any means, that I was not confused by … Continue reading
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The Comet: The Naiveté of Mr. Jim
“I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allen Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids – … Continue reading
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Schizophrenia in Fankenstein
After I finished reading Frankenstein I couldn’t get over how important Walton was to the story. In fact, after the novel concluded I reasoned that he is the most important character in the novel; completely indispensable and actually in … Continue reading
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Science and Nature in Fankenstein
In his article “On the Poetics of the Science Fiction Genre”, Darko Suvin posits “Science Fiction as the literature of cognitive estrangement.” By this definition and its subsequent explanation I believe that Shelley’s Frankenstein falls short of the parameters … Continue reading
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