Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century Export

@book{citeulike:297963, abstract = {{A high-speed tour through the high-tech underground and its denizens. Dery introduces us to those who embrace computer technology, figuratively and literally -- cyberpunks, cyberhippies, cybersexers, and would-be cyborgs who believe the body is mere meat, and await the day when man-machine union is much more than mere science fiction. Dery draws heavily on academic theorists such as Bataille, Foucault, Baudrillard and McLuhan, yet his writing style makes for a highly accessible book.}}, author = {Dery, Mark}, citeulike-article-id = {297963}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/080213520X}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&path=ASIN/080213520X}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike06-21&path=ASIN/080213520X}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/080213520X/citeulike00-21}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/080213520X}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/080213520X}, citeulike-linkout-6 = {http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN080213520X}, citeulike-linkout-7 = {http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=080213520X&index=books&linkCode=qs}, citeulike-linkout-8 = {http://www.librarything.com/isbn/080213520X}, comment = {Dery's Escape Velocity is Dery's attempt to grapple with the philosophical as well as technological implications of cyberculture's speedy development. Eschatology meets hymns to progress in this provocative reading of ” the stories we tell ourselves about technology,” leading to ” the ideologies hidden in those stories –the politics of myth” (15). Human and machine as co-constitutive, remapping of space-time relations meet in this presentation of the mythos of progress-meets-messiah apparent in modern cyberculture.}, day = {01}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {080213520X}, keywords = {cyberculture, eschatology, mary-weaver, new-media, temporality}, month = {September}, posted-at = {2005-08-19 00:44:00}, priority = {0}, publisher = {{Grove Press}}, title = {Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/080213520X}, year = {1997} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:297963 L3 - citeulike-article-id:297963 N2 - {A high-speed tour through the high-tech underground and its denizens. Dery introduces us to those who embrace computer technology, figuratively and literally -- cyberpunks, cyberhippies, cybersexers, and would-be cyborgs who believe the body is mere meat, and await the day when man-machine union is much more than mere science fiction. Dery draws heavily on academic theorists such as Bataille, Foucault, Baudrillard and McLuhan, yet his writing style makes for a highly accessible book.} SN - 080213520X TI - Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century PB - {Grove Press} KW - cyberculture KW - eschatology KW - mary-weaver KW - new-media KW - temporality N1 - Dery’s Escape Velocity is Dery’s attempt to grapple with the philosophical as well as technological implications of cyberculture’s speedy development. Eschatology meets hymns to progress in this provocative reading of “the stories we tell ourselves about technology,” leading to “the ideologies hidden in those stories –the politics of myth” (15). Human and machine as co-constitutive, remapping of space-time relations meet in this presentation of the mythos of progress-meets-messiah apparent in modern cyberculture. AU - Dery, Mark PY - 1997/09/01/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/080213520X ER -