Cyborgs

Andrew Pilsch: Fall 2004

 

 

I. Criticism / Theory

a. Clynes, Manfred E. and Nathan S. Kline, "Cyborgs and Space," Astronautics , September 1960, pp. 26-27 and 74-75; reprinted in Gray, Mentor, and Figueroa-Sarriera, eds., The Cyborg Handbook , New York: Routledge, 1995, pp. 29-34.

b. Gray, Chris Hables, Heidi J. Fiquroa-Sarriera, and Steven Mentor. The Cyborg Handbook. New York: Routledge, 1995.

c. Haraway, Donna. "A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Social Feminism in the 1980s" Socialist Review 16. 2 (March-April 1985): 65-107.

d. Leary, Timothy. "The Cyberpunk: The Individual as Reality Pilot." Cyberreader. Ed. Victor J. Vitanza. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996. 364-72.

e. Yaszek, Lisa. The Self-Wired: Technology and Subjectivity in Contemporary Narrative. New York: Routledge, 2002.

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II. Texts

a. Cadigan, Pat. Synners. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2001.

b. Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996.

c. Doctorow, Cory. "0wnz0red." Salon. Aug. 2002. 15 Sept. 2004.

d. Gibson, William. Burning Chrome. New York: Eos, 2003.

e. Moore, C.L. "No Woman Born" (1944). The Best of C.L. Moore. Ed. Lester del Rey. New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. 236-288.

f. Piercy, Marge. He, She and It. New York: Fawcett Books, 1993.

g. Shirow, Masamune. Ghost in the Shell. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse, 1996.

h. Smith, Cordwainer. "Scanners Live In Vain". The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith. Nesfa Press, 1993.

III. Films

a. Blade Runner. Dir. Ridley Scott. Warner Bros., 1982

b. Existenz. Dir. David Cronenberg. Alliance Atlantis, 1999

c. Robocop. Dir. Paul Verhoeven. Orion, 1987

d. Terminator. Dir. James Cameron. Orion, 1984

e. Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto. There's Enterprise, 1989

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