Friday, March 20, 2009

Science Fiction

Movies

Television

Authors & Works
  • Asimov
  • Clark, Arthur C.
  • Philip K. Dick
  • Edleman, ?
  • Hendrix The Labyrinth Key
  • Levinson, Paul The Consciousness Plague
  • Stephenson, Neal Snow Crash

Topics

Cyberspace: Rise of the digital world, online & offline & inline, as not only access to information & virtual reality, but also as a virtual world.
  • Hendrix, Levinson, & Stephenson (cited above)
  • Edleman, Infoquake -- A future world in which data is manipulated directly & visually. Relate to Visual Mapping Graphics & examples in SciFi series, Andromeda, in which Harper, as genius engineer, manipulates data in an external data field, also in an internal data field accessed by plugging in via cyber implant. Both Stephenson & Hendrix explore similar themes though characters enter virtual reality not only to explore & manipulate data but also for entertainment & social interaction, environments replete w/ a variety of neurologically targeted dangers.

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