Antimancer: Cybernetics and Art in Gibson's Count Zero.
Discusses the treatment of science fiction and art in the novel `Count Zero,' by Willian Gibson. Comparison of the novel to `Neuromancer'; Emphasis on surrealist disjunction and juxtaposition; Analysis of the character of the Boxmaker; Purpose of fragmentation in the novel; Problems with the transf...
| Published in: | Science Fiction Studies Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 63 - 87 |
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| Format: | Literary Criticism |
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University of California Press
Mar95
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| Summary: | Discusses the treatment of science fiction and art in the novel `Count Zero,' by Willian Gibson. Comparison of the novel to `Neuromancer'; Emphasis on surrealist disjunction and juxtaposition; Analysis of the character of the Boxmaker; Purpose of fragmentation in the novel; Problems with the transformation of the artificial intelligence of cyberspace; Restoration of autonomy to the characters. |
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