Distributed Information: Complexity Theory in the Novels of Neal Stephenson and Linda Negata.

This paper examines a strand of contemporary sf that draws significantly on complexity theory, in particular on new ideas about computation and information processing that bear on questions about the origins of life and intelligence, and evolution in complex adaptive systems. After a theoretical ove...

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Published in:	Science Fiction Studies Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 223 - 246
Main Author:	Johnston, John
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	University of California Press Jul2001
Subjects:	Criticism Stephenson, Neal, 1959- Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, The (Book) Nagata, Linda Bohr Maker, The (Book) Deception Well (Book) Vast (Book) Literary style Fiction
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