- Title Pages
- Foreword
-
Introduction: Deconstructing The Starships
* -
1: Getting Rid of the Brand Names* -
2: The Lady and the Scientists* -
3: Dreamer: An Exercise in Extrapolation 1989–2019* -
4: My Crazy Uncles: C.S. Lewis and Tolkien as Writers for Children* -
5: Fools: The Neuroscience of Cyberspace* -
6: Trouble (Living in the Machine)* -
7: Sex: The Brains of Female Hyena Twins* -
8: Aliens in the Fourth Dimension -
9: In the Chinks of the World Machine: Sarah Lefanu on Feminist SF -
10: Consider Her Ways: The Fiction of C.J. Cherryh -
11: Alien Sex: Ellen Datlow’s Overview of the SF Orgasm -
12: The Boys Want to be with the Boys: Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash -
13: Glory Season: David Brin’s Feminist Utopia -
14: Virtual Light: A Shocking Dose of Comfort and Joy from William Gibson -
15: Return to the Age of Wonder: John Barnes’s A Million Open Doors -
16: Winterlong: Elizabeth Hand at the End of the World -
17: Plague of Angels: The Fiction of Sheri Tepper -
18: The Furies: Suzy Charnas Beyond the End of the World -
19: Alien Influences: Kristine Kathryn Rusch in the Dark -
20: No Man’s Land: Feminised Landscapes in the Utopian Fiction of Ursula Le Guin - Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index
Fools: The Neuroscience of Cyberspace
Fools: The Neuroscience of Cyberspace
- Chapter:
- (p.77) 5: Fools: The Neuroscience of Cyberspace*
- Source:
- Deconstructing the Starships
- Author(s):
Gwyneth Jones
- Publisher:
- Discontinued
This essay is the first in the book’s Science, Fiction and Reality section. It was originally a paper read at a conference held at the University of Teesside in April 1995 and was later published in The Governance of Cyberspace. The essay talks about the evolution of science fiction and how it’s easy to spot when it has been overtaken by the development of technology; specifically in computers, artificial intelligence, robotics, and cybernetics. In her discussion of technology and cyberspace, Jones alludes to the possibility of consciousness, self-awareness and freedom of information, and makes reference to the science fiction novels of William Gibson and Pat Cadigan.
Keywords: English Literature, Literary Criticism, Science Fiction, Fantasy Writing, 20th Century Literature, Contemporary Literature, Cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence, William Gibson, Pat Cadigan
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
-
Introduction: Deconstructing The Starships
* -
1: Getting Rid of the Brand Names* -
2: The Lady and the Scientists* -
3: Dreamer: An Exercise in Extrapolation 1989–2019* -
4: My Crazy Uncles: C.S. Lewis and Tolkien as Writers for Children* -
5: Fools: The Neuroscience of Cyberspace* -
6: Trouble (Living in the Machine)* -
7: Sex: The Brains of Female Hyena Twins* -
8: Aliens in the Fourth Dimension -
9: In the Chinks of the World Machine: Sarah Lefanu on Feminist SF -
10: Consider Her Ways: The Fiction of C.J. Cherryh -
11: Alien Sex: Ellen Datlow’s Overview of the SF Orgasm -
12: The Boys Want to be with the Boys: Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash -
13: Glory Season: David Brin’s Feminist Utopia -
14: Virtual Light: A Shocking Dose of Comfort and Joy from William Gibson -
15: Return to the Age of Wonder: John Barnes’s A Million Open Doors -
16: Winterlong: Elizabeth Hand at the End of the World -
17: Plague of Angels: The Fiction of Sheri Tepper -
18: The Furies: Suzy Charnas Beyond the End of the World -
19: Alien Influences: Kristine Kathryn Rusch in the Dark -
20: No Man’s Land: Feminised Landscapes in the Utopian Fiction of Ursula Le Guin - Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index
