Memory and the World of John Crowley: Technology and the Art of Memory

Stevenson, Jennifer. "Memory and the World of John Crowley: Technology and the Art of Memory." The New York Review of Science Fiction #119, 10.11 (July 1998): 1;8-11.

JS examines the works of John Crowley to compile a catalogue of sorts of the author's prevalent technological concern: mechanical memory vs. natural memory. Includes "spy-bug" (see under The Matrix). Crowley's work illustrates the limitations and benefits of natural and artificial memory systems, respectively. Discusses data integrity; interior/exterior systems. For an annotated biblio. see: . (Maly, 01/07/02)