The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe

Compton, D[avid] G[uy]. The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe (vt in USA: The Unsleeping Eye). London: Gollancz, 1974. New York: DAW, 1974. New York: Pocket, 1980. Rpt. vt Deathwatch. London: Magnum, 1981.

Optic nerve implants allow a TV reporter to broadcast what he sees — but at a high personal price. See in this section, K. Wilhelm's "Baby, You Were Great!" and K. Reed's Magic Time. Citation in Anatomy 1987 (4-143) notes a sequel, Windows (1979), and refers to a French film DEATH WATCH; see under Drama: DEATHWATCH, HIGHER POWER,[1] and THE BATMAN (2022). Cf. and contrast The Fortunate Fall for digitalized, implant-mediated journalism. Note more recent eye implants in the "Nosedive" episode of Black Mirror, 2016.

Discussed in Thomas Foster's "'The Postproduction of the Human Heart': Desire, Identification, and Virtual Embodiment in Feminist Narratives of Cyberspace."

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