Author: Aly Tatum
Publisher: Aly Tatum
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Imagine a world where we can travel to alternate universes. My husband sacrificed himself to save me from alien enemies entering our solar system. His act of heroism rendered him in a vegetative state. The only way to restore him is to pick up pieces of his soul scattered in other portals. No other scientist has traveled to other dimensions, except military volunteers. They told me to expect the unexpected. When I landed in this alternate universe, they did not tell me monsters from fairy tales and folktales are real. And they co-exist with humans. Which of these monsters is my husband? Only one way to find out. Once we mate, I will know. This book is a short MMF / dark read full of heat. It deals with mature themes that may be triggering for some. See author’s note in the beginning of the book. Each book ends with HFN (Happy for Now).
Cyborg
Author: Pat McKissack
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0439929857
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
In the next Clone Codes installment, Houston, a cyborg, tells his story. Houston must fight to overcome the rules of his strange universe, where the government uses laws to torment its citizens, especially cyborgs.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0439929857
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
In the next Clone Codes installment, Houston, a cyborg, tells his story. Houston must fight to overcome the rules of his strange universe, where the government uses laws to torment its citizens, especially cyborgs.
Cyborg
Author: Laura Forlano
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262547554
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A concise introduction to cyborg theory that examines the way in which technology is situated, political, and embodied. This introduction to cyborg theory provides a critical vantage point for analyzing the claims around emerging technologies like automation, robots, and AI. Cyborg analyzes and reframes popular and scholarly conversations about cyborgs from the perspective of feminist cyborg theory. Drawing on their combined decades of training, teaching, and research in the social sciences, design, and engineering education, Laura Forlano and Danya Glabau introduce an approach called critical cyborg literacy. Critical cyborg literacy foregrounds power dynamics and pays attention to the ways that social and cultural factors such as gender, race, and disability shape how technology is imagined, developed, used, and resisted. Forlano and Glabau offer critical cyborg literacy as a way of thinking through questions about the relationship between humanity and technology in areas such as engineering and computing, art and design, and health care and medicine, as well as the social sciences and humanities. Cyborg examines whether modern technologies make us all cyborgs—if we consider, for instance, the fact that we use daily technologies at work, have technologies embedded into our bodies in health care applications, or use technology to critically explore possibilities as artists, designers, activists, and creators. Lastly, Cyborg offers perspectives from critical race, feminist, and disability thinkers to help chart a path forward for cyborg theory in the twenty-first century.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262547554
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A concise introduction to cyborg theory that examines the way in which technology is situated, political, and embodied. This introduction to cyborg theory provides a critical vantage point for analyzing the claims around emerging technologies like automation, robots, and AI. Cyborg analyzes and reframes popular and scholarly conversations about cyborgs from the perspective of feminist cyborg theory. Drawing on their combined decades of training, teaching, and research in the social sciences, design, and engineering education, Laura Forlano and Danya Glabau introduce an approach called critical cyborg literacy. Critical cyborg literacy foregrounds power dynamics and pays attention to the ways that social and cultural factors such as gender, race, and disability shape how technology is imagined, developed, used, and resisted. Forlano and Glabau offer critical cyborg literacy as a way of thinking through questions about the relationship between humanity and technology in areas such as engineering and computing, art and design, and health care and medicine, as well as the social sciences and humanities. Cyborg examines whether modern technologies make us all cyborgs—if we consider, for instance, the fact that we use daily technologies at work, have technologies embedded into our bodies in health care applications, or use technology to critically explore possibilities as artists, designers, activists, and creators. Lastly, Cyborg offers perspectives from critical race, feminist, and disability thinkers to help chart a path forward for cyborg theory in the twenty-first century.
Novacene
Author: James Lovelock
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241399378
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time has produced an astounding new theory about the future of life on Earth. James Lovelock argues that the anthropocene - the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale technologies - is, after three centuries, coming to an end. A new age - the novacene - has already begun. New beings will emerge from existing artificial intelligence systems. They will think 10,000 times faster than we do and will regard us as we now regard plants. The cruel, violent machine takeover imagined by sci-fi writers will not happen: these hyper-intelligent beings will be as dependent on the health of the planet as we are. They will need the planetary cooling system of Gaia to defend from the increasing heat of the sun. Gaia depends on organic life. We will be partners in this project. It is crucial, Lovelock argues, that the intelligence of Earth survives and prospers. We are at present the only beings capable of understanding the cosmos, but he speculates that the novacene could be the beginning of a process that will see intelligence suffusing the entire cosmos. At the age 100, Lovelock has produced the most compelling work of his life.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241399378
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time has produced an astounding new theory about the future of life on Earth. James Lovelock argues that the anthropocene - the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale technologies - is, after three centuries, coming to an end. A new age - the novacene - has already begun. New beings will emerge from existing artificial intelligence systems. They will think 10,000 times faster than we do and will regard us as we now regard plants. The cruel, violent machine takeover imagined by sci-fi writers will not happen: these hyper-intelligent beings will be as dependent on the health of the planet as we are. They will need the planetary cooling system of Gaia to defend from the increasing heat of the sun. Gaia depends on organic life. We will be partners in this project. It is crucial, Lovelock argues, that the intelligence of Earth survives and prospers. We are at present the only beings capable of understanding the cosmos, but he speculates that the novacene could be the beginning of a process that will see intelligence suffusing the entire cosmos. At the age 100, Lovelock has produced the most compelling work of his life.
The Divine Miracle
Author: E. H. Allen
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426994230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The Divine MIracle is a science fiction fantasy partially based on 2 movies and a tv comedy show. The rest of the book comes from the active imagination of the author. The author had ideas for the novel for years but decided to put his ideas on paper after the death of an uncle in 2007. The Divine Miracle has many elements including comedy, drama, action and adventure. This is the first book in a four part series.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426994230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The Divine MIracle is a science fiction fantasy partially based on 2 movies and a tv comedy show. The rest of the book comes from the active imagination of the author. The author had ideas for the novel for years but decided to put his ideas on paper after the death of an uncle in 2007. The Divine Miracle has many elements including comedy, drama, action and adventure. This is the first book in a four part series.
Cosmic Boom
Author: Pauline Baird Jones
Publisher: Pauline Baird Jones
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Step aboard the spaceship of intrigue, love, and cosmic events in "Cosmic Boom," the thrilling second installment of The Cyborg Chronicles, a captivating spin-off of the award-winning Project Enterprise series. USAF Captain Hedy Quinton's dream of intergalactic exploration turned into a tangled web of responsibilities, unanticipated complications, and unexpected affection. Tasked with managing a lonely AI, a handsome ex-robot deck officer, a disgruntled ally, and an array of suspicious scientists, she's got her hands full. But it's the captivating ex-robot, Boom, who complicates her life the most. Boom, adjusting to his newfound human emotions and vulnerabilities, finds himself irresistibly drawn to Hedy. His unfamiliar human sensations are most potent when she's near, sparking a powerful realization—his human form, unlike his previous robotic one, is delicate and mortal. When Boom embarks on a mission to investigate strange phenomena on an unknown planet, Hedy's professional responsibilities clash with her burgeoning feelings. Her heartstrings are pulled tight as things spiral out of control both on the ship and the unknown planet, forcing her to question her life's decisions. Can their emerging love withstand a cosmic catastrophe, deceit, and the enigma of Boom's past, or are they fated to be adrift in the endless expanse of space? "Cosmic Boom" is your gateway to a universe brimming with high-stakes adventure, thrilling suspense, and heartwarming romance. If you're a fan of character-rich narratives, high-octane action, and expansive space operas, this is a journey you don't want to miss. Join Hedy and Boom as they navigate through the stars and their feelings. Step into the cosmos and grab your copy today.
Publisher: Pauline Baird Jones
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Step aboard the spaceship of intrigue, love, and cosmic events in "Cosmic Boom," the thrilling second installment of The Cyborg Chronicles, a captivating spin-off of the award-winning Project Enterprise series. USAF Captain Hedy Quinton's dream of intergalactic exploration turned into a tangled web of responsibilities, unanticipated complications, and unexpected affection. Tasked with managing a lonely AI, a handsome ex-robot deck officer, a disgruntled ally, and an array of suspicious scientists, she's got her hands full. But it's the captivating ex-robot, Boom, who complicates her life the most. Boom, adjusting to his newfound human emotions and vulnerabilities, finds himself irresistibly drawn to Hedy. His unfamiliar human sensations are most potent when she's near, sparking a powerful realization—his human form, unlike his previous robotic one, is delicate and mortal. When Boom embarks on a mission to investigate strange phenomena on an unknown planet, Hedy's professional responsibilities clash with her burgeoning feelings. Her heartstrings are pulled tight as things spiral out of control both on the ship and the unknown planet, forcing her to question her life's decisions. Can their emerging love withstand a cosmic catastrophe, deceit, and the enigma of Boom's past, or are they fated to be adrift in the endless expanse of space? "Cosmic Boom" is your gateway to a universe brimming with high-stakes adventure, thrilling suspense, and heartwarming romance. If you're a fan of character-rich narratives, high-octane action, and expansive space operas, this is a journey you don't want to miss. Join Hedy and Boom as they navigate through the stars and their feelings. Step into the cosmos and grab your copy today.
Simultaneous Worlds
Author: Jennifer L. Feeley
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452944253
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Since the 1927 release of Fritz Lang’s pioneer film Metropolis, science fiction cinema has largely been regarded a Western genre. In Simultaneous Worlds, Jennifer L. Feeley and Sarah Ann Wells showcase authors who challenge this notion by focusing on cinemas and cultures, from Cuba to North Korea, not traditionally associated with science fiction. This collection introduces films about a metal-eating monster who helps peasants overthrow an exploitative court, an inflatable sex doll who comes to life, a desert planet where matchsticks are more valuable than money, and more. Simultaneous Worlds is the first volume to bring a transnational, interdisciplinary lens to science fiction cinema. Encountering some of the best emerging and established voices in the field, readers will become immersed in discussions of well-known works such as the Ghost in the Shell franchise and Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 alongside lesser-known but equally fascinating works by African, Asian, European, and South American filmmakers. Divided into five parts that cover theoretical concerns such as new media economies, translation, the Global South, cyborgs, and socialist and postsocialist cinema, these essays trace cinema’s role in imagining global communities and power struggles. Considering both individual films and the broader networks of production, distribution, and exhibition, Simultaneous Worlds illustrates how film industries across the globe take part in visualizing the perils of globalization and technological modernity. Ultimately, this book opens new ways of thinking about world cinema and our understanding of the world at large.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452944253
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Since the 1927 release of Fritz Lang’s pioneer film Metropolis, science fiction cinema has largely been regarded a Western genre. In Simultaneous Worlds, Jennifer L. Feeley and Sarah Ann Wells showcase authors who challenge this notion by focusing on cinemas and cultures, from Cuba to North Korea, not traditionally associated with science fiction. This collection introduces films about a metal-eating monster who helps peasants overthrow an exploitative court, an inflatable sex doll who comes to life, a desert planet where matchsticks are more valuable than money, and more. Simultaneous Worlds is the first volume to bring a transnational, interdisciplinary lens to science fiction cinema. Encountering some of the best emerging and established voices in the field, readers will become immersed in discussions of well-known works such as the Ghost in the Shell franchise and Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 alongside lesser-known but equally fascinating works by African, Asian, European, and South American filmmakers. Divided into five parts that cover theoretical concerns such as new media economies, translation, the Global South, cyborgs, and socialist and postsocialist cinema, these essays trace cinema’s role in imagining global communities and power struggles. Considering both individual films and the broader networks of production, distribution, and exhibition, Simultaneous Worlds illustrates how film industries across the globe take part in visualizing the perils of globalization and technological modernity. Ultimately, this book opens new ways of thinking about world cinema and our understanding of the world at large.
Cyborg's Revenge
Author: Pauline Baird Jones
Publisher: Pauline Baird Jones
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
They say you can’t go home again, but what if it is the only way to truly be free? Rap solves problems large and small. He solved them when he was human, when he was a robot, and now that he’s mostly human again, he’s still solving problems—though eliminating the threat from his old Master is a biggie. He’ll need his pet, Snake, and his new friend, Nelson, the AI inside his head. And then there’s Ale. He thought he knew all there was to know about Ale. He was wrong. Her human form is making his head spin and his heart hurt. He’d like to get closer to her, but he was a geek who didn’t know how to talk to women before he became a robot. He can’t imagine facing the Master without her, but how can he risk her life on an impossible mission? Now that Ale is a human again—mostly—her new beating heart is pounding for Rap. It’s a pity that he’s inscrutable, and she’s got a huge secret—one that could be the key to ending the threat from their former Q’uy Master—or doom them all to captivity once more. Can the shy guy and the lovesick gal defeat their greatest enemy and find a happy ending? Only the chatty Snake knows for sure. Cyborg’s Revenge first appeared in Pets in Space ® 4 and was a side story in the Project Enterprise series. It has been repackaged into The Cyborg Chronicles series because the robots want their own series!
Publisher: Pauline Baird Jones
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
They say you can’t go home again, but what if it is the only way to truly be free? Rap solves problems large and small. He solved them when he was human, when he was a robot, and now that he’s mostly human again, he’s still solving problems—though eliminating the threat from his old Master is a biggie. He’ll need his pet, Snake, and his new friend, Nelson, the AI inside his head. And then there’s Ale. He thought he knew all there was to know about Ale. He was wrong. Her human form is making his head spin and his heart hurt. He’d like to get closer to her, but he was a geek who didn’t know how to talk to women before he became a robot. He can’t imagine facing the Master without her, but how can he risk her life on an impossible mission? Now that Ale is a human again—mostly—her new beating heart is pounding for Rap. It’s a pity that he’s inscrutable, and she’s got a huge secret—one that could be the key to ending the threat from their former Q’uy Master—or doom them all to captivity once more. Can the shy guy and the lovesick gal defeat their greatest enemy and find a happy ending? Only the chatty Snake knows for sure. Cyborg’s Revenge first appeared in Pets in Space ® 4 and was a side story in the Project Enterprise series. It has been repackaged into The Cyborg Chronicles series because the robots want their own series!
The Multiple Worlds of Fringe
Author: Tanya R. Cochran
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476616590
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
With diverse contributions from scholars in English literature, psychology, and film and television studies, this collection of essays contextualizes Fringe as a postmodern investigation into what makes us human and as an examination of how technology transforms our humanity. In compiling this collection, the editors sought material as multifaceted as the series itself, devoting sections to specific areas of interest explored by both the writers of Fringe and the writers of the essays: humanity, duality, genre and viewership.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476616590
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
With diverse contributions from scholars in English literature, psychology, and film and television studies, this collection of essays contextualizes Fringe as a postmodern investigation into what makes us human and as an examination of how technology transforms our humanity. In compiling this collection, the editors sought material as multifaceted as the series itself, devoting sections to specific areas of interest explored by both the writers of Fringe and the writers of the essays: humanity, duality, genre and viewership.
Project Moonlight
Author: Akira Yuzui
Publisher: Pencil
ISBN: 9362635542
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
It is 139,470 A.C. No water is left anymore in the earth; it has changed from 3000 A.C. No humanity, no kindness, no belief in others, no trust and no love is left. Humans are now cyborgs and they think that they are immortal. Now only 8 humans are left in the entire world. One who rules over the whole universe and his two brothers, 2 siblings who are actually god, one most powerful human and one human who is also a god and has come to bring the end of the universe and to create a new and lovely world, Moonlight. ( Beginning )
Publisher: Pencil
ISBN: 9362635542
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
It is 139,470 A.C. No water is left anymore in the earth; it has changed from 3000 A.C. No humanity, no kindness, no belief in others, no trust and no love is left. Humans are now cyborgs and they think that they are immortal. Now only 8 humans are left in the entire world. One who rules over the whole universe and his two brothers, 2 siblings who are actually god, one most powerful human and one human who is also a god and has come to bring the end of the universe and to create a new and lovely world, Moonlight. ( Beginning )
The Enlightenment Cyborg
Author: Allison Muri
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802088503
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
For many cultural theorists, the concept of the cyborg - an organism controlled by mechanic processes - is firmly rooted in the post-modern, post-industrial, post-Enlightenment, post-nature, post-gender, or post-human culture of the late twentieth century. Allison Muri argues, however, that there is a long and rich tradition of art and philosophy that explores the equivalence of human and machine, and that the cybernetic organism as both a literary figure and an anatomical model has, in fact, existed since the Enlightenment. In The Enlightenment Cyborg, Muri presents cultural evidence - in literary, philosophical, scientific, and medical texts - for the existence of mechanically steered, or 'cyber' humans in the works seventeenth- and eighteenth-century thinkers. Muri illustrates how Enlightenment exploration of the notion of the 'man-machine' was inextricably tied to ideas of reproduction, government, individual autonomy, and the soul, demonstrating an early connection between scientific theory and social and political thought. She argues that late twentieth-century social and political movements, such as socialism, feminism, and even conservatism, are thus not unique in their use of the cyborg as a politicized trope. The Enlightenment Cyborg establishes a dialogue between eighteenth-century studies and cyborg art and theory, and makes a significant and original contribution to both of these fields of inquiry.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802088503
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
For many cultural theorists, the concept of the cyborg - an organism controlled by mechanic processes - is firmly rooted in the post-modern, post-industrial, post-Enlightenment, post-nature, post-gender, or post-human culture of the late twentieth century. Allison Muri argues, however, that there is a long and rich tradition of art and philosophy that explores the equivalence of human and machine, and that the cybernetic organism as both a literary figure and an anatomical model has, in fact, existed since the Enlightenment. In The Enlightenment Cyborg, Muri presents cultural evidence - in literary, philosophical, scientific, and medical texts - for the existence of mechanically steered, or 'cyber' humans in the works seventeenth- and eighteenth-century thinkers. Muri illustrates how Enlightenment exploration of the notion of the 'man-machine' was inextricably tied to ideas of reproduction, government, individual autonomy, and the soul, demonstrating an early connection between scientific theory and social and political thought. She argues that late twentieth-century social and political movements, such as socialism, feminism, and even conservatism, are thus not unique in their use of the cyborg as a politicized trope. The Enlightenment Cyborg establishes a dialogue between eighteenth-century studies and cyborg art and theory, and makes a significant and original contribution to both of these fields of inquiry.