Radio, the Genome, and Greg Bear's Biological Fiction.

This essay explores the human genome as a form of media via Greg Bear's biological fiction. The genome is a network and a database; it is a product of biopower in the age of digital computers. I argue it is also a rich fantasy object, a conceptual and theoretical staging ground for thinking about th...

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Published in:	Science Fiction Studies Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 104 - 122
Main Author:	Dougherty, Stephen
Format:	Essay
Published:	University of California Press Mar2017
Subjects:	Bear, Greg, 1951-2022 Blood Music (Book) Darwin's Radio (Book) Darwin's Children (Book) Politics of Life, The (Book)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	This essay explores the human genome as a form of media via Greg Bear's biological fiction. The genome is a network and a database; it is a product of biopower in the age of digital computers. I argue it is also a rich fantasy object, a conceptual and theoretical staging ground for thinking about the nature of technical media, the human, and the posthuman.