
The Human Future?
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- Cover
- Titel
- Imprint
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations Used
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Science Fiction, Creation and Evolution
- 2.1 The Science Fiction Genre
- 2.2 From Creation to Evolution
- 2.3 H. G. Wells and Artificial Evolution
- 3 The Artificial Future - From H. G. Wells to Olaf Stapledon
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 The Robots Are Coming - Karel Capek's 'R.U.R.' (1920)
- 3.3 'Creative Evolution' and Science as Art - G. B. Shaw's 'Back to Methuselah' (1921)
- 3.4 The Epic Myth of Evolution - Olaf Stapledon's 'Last and First Men' (1930)
- 4 The Price of Utopia - Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World' (1932)
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Life from the Laboratory and the Artificial Baby
- 4.3 The World State as Superhuman Organism
- 4.4 Fordist Mass Production and the Perfect Consumer
- 4.5 John the Savage as the 'Missing Link'
- 4.6 Conclusion and Outlook
- 5 The Ethical Machine - Isaac Asimov's 'I, Robot' (1950) and its Legacy
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 The Three Laws of Robotics
- 5.3 Robot Emancipation
- 5.4 Playing the Evolutionary Game
- 5.5 Jack Williamson - 'The Humanoids' (1949)
- 5.6 Conclusion and Outlook
- 6 The Artificial Double - Philip K. Dick's 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' (1968)
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Artificial Animals and the Reconstruction of Nature
- 6.3 Empathy and Being Human(e)
- 6.4 Uncanny Doubles and Reality as a Construct
- 6.5 Conclusion and Outlook
- 7 The Cybernetic Revolution - William Gibson's 'Neuromancer' (1984)
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 From Cybernetics to Cyberpunk
- 7.3 Evolution of the Cyborg
- 7.4 Cyborgisation between Utility and Art
- 7.5 Cyberspace as a New Human Environment
- 7.6 Artificial Intelligence as Evolving, Human-like Species
- 7.7 Conclusion and Outlook
- 8 Digital Humanity - Greg Egan's 'Diaspora' (1997)
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Digital Genesis and the Language of Evolution
- 8.3 Gender and Politics of the Body
- 8.4 Evolutionary Space and New Dimensions of Life
- 8.5 Conclusion
- 9 Conclusion and Outlook
- Works Cited
- Backcover
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