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Week 4: Cyberspace and Cyberpunk: William Gibson and Bladerunner
William
          Burroughs(1914-1997)
   Burroughs Adding Machine Corporation

   a "Beat" writer witha non-linearstyle

   the 50s-"Interzone" plus cut-up technique

   Paranoidlife inside a large, dysfuctioning
    machine, sci fi

   time as an insect exterminator was
    particularly influential

   predicted AIDS, the crack epidemic and
    liposuction.

   response to cybernetics and a forerunner
    of cyberpunk
More on Cyberspace
   Cyberspace as the collective imagination of
    internet users

   Cyberspace - Plato’s cave as a working
    product?

   Cyberspace as a meme
       Information Superhighway (Al Gore) -geographical
        metaphor
       Virtual Reality (Jaron Lanier)- an immersive reality
       Virtual Community (Howard Rheingold) –physical
       Social Networking –egocentric representation of
        personal connections

   what occurs between people and computers
       not some second order of reality but part of reality
       digital devices in everyday life = cyberspace more
        real.
Cybernetics
   study of communication, command and
    control
       in living organisms, machines and organisations
       from the Greek kybernetes = steersman, pilot

   WWII - systematic approach to complex
    issues
       breaking codes, communication systems, radar
        and anti-aircraft systems
       then managing computers/networks
       Human brain - neural networks - robotics
       Game theory/Shannon and Weaver

   feedback (positive and negative)

   action occurs not through choice but
    restricton

   the flow of information produces noise

   Think about the operations
Cyberpunk
   science fiction genre
       computers, genetics, body
        modifications and corporate
        developments
       near future

   CyberPUNK
       fast, loud, short rock music
       anarchist political philosophy
       DIY, anti-expert, "seize the
        day" approach
       Sex Pistols, Clash, Black
        Assassins and Pussy Riot.

   reaction against "space
    opera" - Asimov's Foundation
    trilogy/Lucas's Star Wars.
Elements of Cyberpunk
                 (DH)
        gritty aesthetic

        high technology

        questionable morality

        hybrid genre:
            hard-boiled detective fiction
            anti-hero protagonist, crime
            film noir (lust, money, power, seduction, murder)
            science fiction - technology, apocalyptic?
             multinational corps
            literary postmodernism (fragments, quick
             descriptions)
William Gibson
Canadian writer – "cyberspace"/VR
realism uncomfortable in sci-fi genre
not fantasy – social criticism,dystopia
balance to boosterism/Bill Gates
networked computers – matrix
global corporations eclipse
government
power depends on information
the "sprawl" is the jerry-built mega-city
sim-stim (simulated stimulation)
merging of organic&mechanical
bodies
malleability of human identity
William Gibson
                                           Key Works
   The Sprawl Trilogy: Neuromancer(1984), Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa
    Overdrive (1988)

   The Bridge Trilogy: Virtual Light (1993), Idoru (1996), All Tomorrow’s Parties
    (1999)

   The Blue Ant Trilogy: Pattern Recognition (2003), Spook Country (2007), Zero
    History (2010)

   Plus early short stories: Burning Chrome&"steampunk" nThe Difference Engine
Blade Runner
PK Dick Do Androids
Dream of Electric Sheep
Ridley Scott – director
Retrofitted, neo-noir
Title from Burrough’s
treatment of Nourse book
Replicants are computers
More human than human
Director’s cut
Is Deckard a replicant?

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Nct4 cyberspace and cyberpunk

  • 1. New Communication Technology Week 4: Cyberspace and Cyberpunk: William Gibson and Bladerunner
  • 2. William Burroughs(1914-1997)  Burroughs Adding Machine Corporation  a "Beat" writer witha non-linearstyle  the 50s-"Interzone" plus cut-up technique  Paranoidlife inside a large, dysfuctioning machine, sci fi  time as an insect exterminator was particularly influential  predicted AIDS, the crack epidemic and liposuction.  response to cybernetics and a forerunner of cyberpunk
  • 3. More on Cyberspace  Cyberspace as the collective imagination of internet users  Cyberspace - Plato’s cave as a working product?  Cyberspace as a meme  Information Superhighway (Al Gore) -geographical metaphor  Virtual Reality (Jaron Lanier)- an immersive reality  Virtual Community (Howard Rheingold) –physical  Social Networking –egocentric representation of personal connections  what occurs between people and computers  not some second order of reality but part of reality  digital devices in everyday life = cyberspace more real.
  • 4. Cybernetics  study of communication, command and control  in living organisms, machines and organisations  from the Greek kybernetes = steersman, pilot  WWII - systematic approach to complex issues  breaking codes, communication systems, radar and anti-aircraft systems  then managing computers/networks  Human brain - neural networks - robotics  Game theory/Shannon and Weaver  feedback (positive and negative)  action occurs not through choice but restricton  the flow of information produces noise  Think about the operations
  • 5. Cyberpunk  science fiction genre  computers, genetics, body modifications and corporate developments  near future  CyberPUNK  fast, loud, short rock music  anarchist political philosophy  DIY, anti-expert, "seize the day" approach  Sex Pistols, Clash, Black Assassins and Pussy Riot.  reaction against "space opera" - Asimov's Foundation trilogy/Lucas's Star Wars.
  • 6. Elements of Cyberpunk (DH)  gritty aesthetic  high technology  questionable morality  hybrid genre:  hard-boiled detective fiction  anti-hero protagonist, crime  film noir (lust, money, power, seduction, murder)  science fiction - technology, apocalyptic? multinational corps  literary postmodernism (fragments, quick descriptions)
  • 7. William Gibson Canadian writer – "cyberspace"/VR realism uncomfortable in sci-fi genre not fantasy – social criticism,dystopia balance to boosterism/Bill Gates networked computers – matrix global corporations eclipse government power depends on information the "sprawl" is the jerry-built mega-city sim-stim (simulated stimulation) merging of organic&mechanical bodies malleability of human identity
  • 8. William Gibson Key Works  The Sprawl Trilogy: Neuromancer(1984), Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988)  The Bridge Trilogy: Virtual Light (1993), Idoru (1996), All Tomorrow’s Parties (1999)  The Blue Ant Trilogy: Pattern Recognition (2003), Spook Country (2007), Zero History (2010)  Plus early short stories: Burning Chrome&"steampunk" nThe Difference Engine
  • 9. Blade Runner PK Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Ridley Scott – director Retrofitted, neo-noir Title from Burrough’s treatment of Nourse book Replicants are computers More human than human Director’s cut Is Deckard a replicant?