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Is World Peace Possible?
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Deconstructing Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’

Deconstructing Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’

Deconstructing Spike Jonze’s “Her” Spike Jonze’s romantic comedy-drama, Her, utilizes situational irony to illuminate the comfort…
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Disruption

Disruption

On Isaac Asimov’s “Nightfall,” Paul di Filippo’s “Phylogenesis,” and Tim Pratt’s “Impossible Dreams.” 
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Gerald R. LucasFeb 15, 2014
How Is It Do We Define “Human?” Nature and Artificial Intelligence

How Is It Do We Define “Human?” Nature and Artificial Intelligence

in Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Renalda G. CapersDec 4, 2014
The Questions That Arise

The Questions That Arise

Ethical Criticism in Transhumanism
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How the Hell Should I Know?

How the Hell Should I Know?

Imposed Cages in Three Postmodern Works
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Jules CarrySep 11, 2014
Asimov’s “Reason”

Asimov’s “Reason”

They tried to control QT-1 even before it was born: a feminist reading of “Reason”
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Gerald R. LucasFeb 15, 2014
Speculative Fiction: The Superset of All Possible Literature

Speculative Fiction: The Superset of All Possible Literature

Genre writers must do everything mainstream writers do, and more
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William ShunnOct 18, 2013
Self-Actualization, “Reason,” and Religion

Self-Actualization, “Reason,” and Religion

The limits of reason in assessing reality in Asimov’s classic short story
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Jessica StoneMay 5, 2015
Ten Amazing Facts About William Burroughs

Ten Amazing Facts About William Burroughs

Burroughs’ grandfather, William Burroughs I, was another madcap genius who, in the 1880s, invented the first ever automated adding machine…
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Roger KeenSep 26, 2014
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The name “Big Jelly” is taken from a story by Bruce Sterling and Rudy Rucker about big ideas brought about by technoculture. It is unusual collaborations, fusions, and juxtapositions in science fiction, futurism, and posthumanism.

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