Consciousness and science fiction. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Damien Broderick.
• Authors: Broderick, Damien
• Contents: Intro; Introduction; Contents; 1: The Machine in the Ghost; 2: The Language of the Mind; 3: What Is It Like to Be a Conscious SF Writer?; 4: The First Century-Plus; What Is It Like to Be a Patchwork Monster?; 1818/1831 Mary W. Shelley, Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus; What Is It Like to Be a Double?; 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; What Is It Like to Be a Beast-Man?; 1896 H.G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau; What Is It Like to Be a Martian Brain-Transplant?; 1927 Edgar Rice Burroughs, Master Mind of Mars; What Is It Like to Be a Mutant? 1935/1939 Stanley G. Weinbaum, The New AdamWhat Is It Like to Be a Bot?; 1939-1986 Isaac Asimov, the Positronic Robots Sequence; What Is It Like to Be an Encrypted Supermind?; 1939-1950 A.E. van Vogt, Space Beagle Stories; 1942-77 ``Asylum ́́and Extended as Supermind; 1948-56 The World of Null-A, The ...; What Is It Like to Be an Enhanced Dog?; 1944 Olaf Stapledon. Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord; What Is It Like to Be a Chess Piece?; 1946 Lewis Padgett, The Fairy Chessmen aka Chessboard Planet; What Is It Like to Be Immature?; 1948 Theodore Sturgeon ``Maturitý́ What Is It Like to Be an Alienś Dream?1950 Theodore Sturgeon The Dreaming Jewels; What Is It Like to Be a Consciousness Seed?; 1950 Katherine MacLean, ``Incommunicado;́́ 5: The Second Golden Age; What Is It Like to Be Your Own Twin?; 1951 Wyman Guin, ``Beyond Bedlam ́́(Galaxy); What Is It Like To Have an IQ of 500?; 1954 Poul Anderson, Brain Wave; What Is It Like to Be in Love With a Crab?; 1960, 1969. James White, ``Countercharm.;́́ 6: Entering the Mainstream; What Is It Like to Be a Ship?; 1961-69 Anne McCaffrey, The Ship Who Sang; What Is It Like to Be a Fish? 1962 Brian W. Aldiss, ``Shards ́́1962 ``A Kind of Artistry;́́ What Is It Like to Be a Laminated Mouse Brain?; 1963. Cordwainer Smith, ``Think Blue, Count Two;́́ What Is It Like to Be a Hieros Gamos?; 1968 Josephine Saxton, ``The Consciousness Machine;́́ What Is It Like to Be the Absolute in a Can?; 1969 Philip K. Dick, Ubik; 7: Radically Different Minds; What Is It Like to Wake Up in Someone Elseś Body?; 1975 Lee Harding, A World of Shadows; What Is It Like to Be a Leo?; 1976 John Crowley, Beasts; What Is It Like to Be a Wolf in Wolfś Clothing?; 1978 Whitley Strieber, The Wolfen 8: LÉ̂tre et le néantWhat Is It Like to Be an Immortal?; 1983 Pamela Sargent, The Golden Space; What Is It Like to Be a Time Traveler?; 1982-97 Spider Robinson, The Lifehouse Trilogy, compilation of Mindkiller, Time Pressure, Lifehouse; What Is It Like to Be an AI Mind?; 1984 John Varley, ``Press Enter ;́́ 9: Minds On Fire; What Is It Like To be Too Sexy For Your Shirt?; 1991 George Turner, Brain Child; What Is It Like to Be Brain-Modded?; 1992 Greg Egan, Quarantine; What Is It Like to Be Without Sleep, Always?; 1993 Nancy Kress, Beggars in Spain; What Is It Like to Have a God Module?
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809.3/8762; Science fiction -- History and criticism; Consciousness in literature; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; Consciousness in literature; Science fiction; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030005993; 3030005992
• Related ISBNs: 9783030005986
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed Decmeber 06, 2018).
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