Cyborgs and generic oxymorons: The body and technology in William Gibson's cyberspace trilogy.

Examines the relationship between body and machine in William Gibson's science-fiction novels `Neuromancer,' `Count Zero,' and `Mona Lisa Overdrive.' Merging of the discourses deriving from the organic and technological worlds in Gibson's texts; Tension between essentialism and culturalism; Depicti...

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Publicado en:	Science Fiction Studies Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 227 - 245
Autor principal:	Siivonen, Timo
Formato:	Literary Criticism
Publicado:	University of California Press Jul96
Materias:	Gibson, William, 1948- Neuromancer (Book) Count Zero (Book) Mona Lisa Overdrive (Book) Criticism Books
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Sumario:	Examines the relationship between body and machine in William Gibson's science-fiction novels `Neuromancer,' `Count Zero,' and `Mona Lisa Overdrive.' Merging of the discourses deriving from the organic and technological worlds in Gibson's texts; Tension between essentialism and culturalism; Depiction of cyberspace through the dark rhetoric of Gothic horror.