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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Published in:	Science Fiction Studies Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 227 - 245
Main Author:	Siivonen, Timo
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	University of California Press Jul96
Subjects:	Gibson, William, 1948- Neuromancer (Book) Count Zero (Book) Mona Lisa Overdrive (Book) Criticism Books
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