| Description |
162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: History, Theory, and Virtual Reality / Robert Markley -- 1. Boundary Disputes: Homeostasis, Reflexivity, and the Foundations of Cybernetics / N. Katherine Hayles -- 2. What Is an Electronic Author? Theory and the Technological Fallacy / Richard Grusin -- 3. Boundaries: Mathematics, Alienation, and the Metaphysics of Cyberspace / Robert Markley -- 4. The Business of Cyberpunk: Symbolic Economy and Ideology in William Gibson / David Brande -- 5. Hacking the Brainstem: Postmodern Metaphysics and Stephenson's Snow Crash / David Porush -- 6. Cyberspace and the Technological Real / Michelle Kendrick |
| Notes |
Revised, expanded version of the fall 1994 issue of the JHUP journal, Configurations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Human-computer interaction.
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Virtual reality.
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| Author |
Markley, Robert, 1952-
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| LC no. |
95021184 |
| ISBN |
0801852250 (alk. paper) |
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0801852269 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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