The Fortunate Fall

Carter, Raphael. The Fortunate Fall. NYC: Tor, 1996.[1]

Discussed succinctly in "Women's Cyberfiction: An Introduction," p. 28, our source here, which see: "The protagonist [Maya ...] is a 'camera' — a television journalist outfitted with microchips that interface directly with her senses so that all her thoughts and feelings can be transmitted, felt, and thought by viewers who possess 'moistdisks.' Her ex-girlfriend works as a screener, censoring data Maya transmits. Neither is a pleasant occupation [...]." Also discussed in Thomas Foster's "'The Postproduction of the human Heart': Desire, Identification, and Virtual Embodiment in Feminist Narratives of Cyberspace.

Cf. and contrast the feelies in Brave New World and digitalized journalism via implants in The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe — and note the works cross-referenced there. For labor issues, see the works on the Wiki listed here.[2]

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