Escape Velocity
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Escape Velocity by Mark Dery
An Unforgettable Journey into the Dark Heart of the Information Age In Escape Velocity Mark Dery takes is on an electrifying tour of the high-tech subcultures that both celebrate and critique our wired world: would-be cyborgs who believe the body is obsolete and dream of downloading their minds into computers, cyber-hippies who boost their brainpower with smart drugs and mind machines, on-line swingers seeking cybersex on electronic bulletin boards, techno-primitives who sport biomechanical tattoos of computer circuitry; and cyberpunk roboticists whose Mad Max contraptions duel to the death before howling crowds. Timely, trenchant, and provocative, Escape Velocity is the first truly critical inquiry into cyberculture-essential reading for everyone interested in computer culture and the shape of things to come.
Mark Dery is a cultural critic. He coined the term Afrofuturism, popularized the concept of culture jamming, taught at Yale and NYU, and has published widely on pop culture, the media, and on the mythologies (and pathologies) of American life. His books include Flame Wars, a seminal anthology of writings on digital culture; Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the end of the century, The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink, and the essay collection, I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: Drive-by Essays on American Dread, American Dreams. Like Gorey, his mission in life is to make everybody as uneasy as possible.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802115805 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802115802 |
| Titel | Escape Velocity |
| Autor | Mark Dery |
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| Verlag | Grove/Atlantic |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1996-03-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 376 |
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