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Science or a Parley With Dark Forces?
I think it is worthy of note that Victor’s first and favorite philosopher is Cornelius Agrippa. While it was suggested that he was obsessed with other philosophers as well, the name Cornelius Agrippa...
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Frankenstein’s Monster and the Three Laws of Robotics
Initially, Frankenstein’s monster adheres to principals similar to Asimov’s three laws of robotics: ““Be calm! I entreat you to hear me before you give vent to your hatred on my devoted head. Have I...
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The Comet, A Caution Against Hope
At first the comet may seem progressive. For a story written in the 1920′s, it allows the reader the rare fantasy to imagine a world without race, class and gender. As Jim stared up into the heavens on...
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A Disoriented Narrative for a Disoriented Mind
The disoriented, helter skelter style of Neuromancer bring “cognitive estrangement” to a whole new level. Case is the ultimate case of cognitive estrangement. In the beginning of the story he steals...
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IS COAT NOT WE.
The most fascinating part of the WE3 plot for me was when the dog discovers that the machine is not a part of him. This moment of self discovery is profound, but it is also expressed in simple...
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Pet Lilith
The best way to describe Lilith’s assimilation into her new Oankali family is as a pet. Nikanj often insists that she is a part of the family, but then again, so is a dog or a cat. Nikanj’s efforts to...
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Up until Adulthood Rites, Lilith’s Brood has been a story of the human race gradually being deprived of its “humanness.” While the Oankali may be friendly imperialists who want to have hot sexy times...
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Hindsight
Chelsea must’ve rehearsed 100 times how she was going to break up with him. The butterfly on her shoulder began to crumple and turn gray. How stupid she had been! How naïve! She could rewire the human...
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The Scorpion
Of all the texts we’ve read so far, this book reminds me most of Lilith’s Brood. The trials that Matt Alacron goes through are much like the ordeal that Akin has to go through. Both boys get kidnapped...
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