The Network and the Archive: The Specter of Imperial Management in William Gibson's "Neuromancer."
This article argues that William Gibson's "Neuromancer" registers a tension between two historical moments of managerial power: while steeped in the moment of the "network society," with its simulated authority and flattened hierarchies, the text exhibits nostalgia for the more hierarchical moment o...
| Publicado en: | Science Fiction Studies Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 275 - 296 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of California Press
Jul2010
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