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[[Bukatman, Scott]]. ''[[Terminal Identity: The Virtual Subject in Postmodern Science Fiction]]''. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1993. | [[Bukatman, Scott]]. ''[[Terminal Identity: The Virtual Subject in Postmodern Science Fiction]]''. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1993. | ||
− | Discussion includes the films [[VIDEODROME]], [[BLADE RUNNER]], [[ROBOCOP (1987)]], Cronenberg's [[THE FLY]], [[TRON]], and the [[ALIEN (film)]] and [[THE TERMINATOR|Terminator]] series. ". . . Bukatman's thesis [is] that one of the major causes of actual degeneration of the human subject is modern commercial and electronic images and spaces." Rev. Norman Fisher, Extrapolation 35.3 (Fall 1994): 257-59, here quoting 259. SB's essay also cited under Literary Criticism. | + | Discussion includes the films [[VIDEODROME]], [[BLADE RUNNER]], [[ROBOCOP (1987)]], Cronenberg's [[THE FLY (1986)]], [[TRON (1982)]], and the [[ALIEN (film)]] and [[THE TERMINATOR|Terminator]] series. ". . . Bukatman's thesis [is] that one of the major causes of actual degeneration of the human subject is modern commercial and electronic images and spaces." Rev. Norman Fisher, Extrapolation 35.3 (Fall 1994): 257-59, here quoting 259. SB's essay also cited under Literary Criticism. |
Revision as of 16:50, 3 January 2015
Bukatman, Scott. Terminal Identity: The Virtual Subject in Postmodern Science Fiction. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1993.
Discussion includes the films VIDEODROME, BLADE RUNNER, ROBOCOP (1987), Cronenberg's THE FLY (1986), TRON (1982), and the ALIEN (film) and Terminator series. ". . . Bukatman's thesis [is] that one of the major causes of actual degeneration of the human subject is modern commercial and electronic images and spaces." Rev. Norman Fisher, Extrapolation 35.3 (Fall 1994): 257-59, here quoting 259. SB's essay also cited under Literary Criticism.
(RDE, 01/09/94, 3Jan15)