| Holodeck in the Garden: Science and Technology in Contemporary American Fiction Contributor(s): Freese, Peter (Editor), Harris, Charles B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1564783553 ISBN-13: 9781564783554 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.509 |
| LCCN: 2003070083 |
| Series: Dalkey Archive Scholarly |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.30 lbs) 270 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Collecting twenty essays written by distinguished scholars from the United States and Germany, "The Holodeck in the Garden" offers an informative tour of the complex interrelations between science, technology, and contemporary American literature. Contributors include Michael Berube writing on Colson Whitehead's "The Intuitionist"; Joseph Conte on William Gibson and Bruce Sterling; David Cowart on Don DeLillo's "Cosmopolis"; Carl Djerassi on science-in-fiction; N. Katherine Hayles on Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon"; Ursula Heise on risk and narrative in the contemporary novel; John Johnston on network theory; Brian McHale on Harry Mathews, Kathy Acker, and Gilbert Sorrentino; Joseph Tabbi on William Gaddis; and Curtis White on the "Great American Disaster Machine." |