Download or read book Robot Universe written by Ana Matronic and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They serve, fight, seduce, and go rogue--these 100 epic robots and androids have captured our collective imagination. Pop singer Ana Matronic looks at the most legendary examples; their creators, purpose, and design; and why their existence shakes or comforts us. Gathered from across popular culture, they range from Maria in Fritz Lang's Metropolis to the sentinels of The Matrix.
Download or read book Cyborg 009 written by F.J. DeSanto and published by Boom! Studios. This book was released on 2014-09-17 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awakening in a futurist military installation with no memory of who he is or how he got there, a young man known only as CYBORG 009 has been stripped by his captors of not only his freedom but also his humanity. His body augmented by cybernetic technology, CYBORG 009 joins forces with 8 other men and women, CYBORG 001-008, and sets off on a journey to learn the truth of why they were turned into weapons of mass destruction, and to prevent a conflict that could very well be the start of World War III.
Download or read book The Mythical Universe written by Aly Tatum and published by Aly Tatum. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a world where we can travel to alternate universes. My husband sacrificed himself to save me from alien enemies entering our solar system. His act of heroism rendered him in a vegetative state. The only way to restore him is to pick up pieces of his soul scattered in other portals. No other scientist has traveled to other dimensions, except military volunteers. They told me to expect the unexpected. When I landed in this alternate universe, they did not tell me monsters from fairy tales and folktales are real. And they co-exist with humans. Which of these monsters is my husband? Only one way to find out. Once we mate, I will know. This book is a short MMF / dark read full of heat. It deals with mature themes that may be triggering for some. See author’s note in the beginning of the book. Each book ends with HFN (Happy for Now).
Download or read book The Cyborg Subject written by Garfield Benjamin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-25 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines a new conception of the cyborg in terms of consciousness as the parallax gap between physical and digital worlds. The contemporary subject constructs its own internal reality in the interplay of the Virtual and the Real. Reinterpreting the work of Slavoj Žižek and Gilles Deleuze in terms of the psychological and ontological construction of the digital, alongside the philosophy of quantum physics, this book offers a challenge to materialist perspectives in the fluid cyberspace that is ever permeating our lives. The inclusion of the subject in its own epistemological framework establishes a model for an engaged spectatorship of reality. Through the analysis of online media, digital art, avatars, computer games and science fiction, a new model of cyborg culture reveals the opportunities for critical and creative interventions in the contemporary subjective experience, promoting an awareness of the parallax position we all occupy between physical and digital worlds.
Download or read book Cyborg Corps written by Christopher Winder and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warren Prescott is a veteran amputee who can't catch a break. When the VA calls him in for an experimental procedure to restore his leg, Warren is amazed. Finally. he will be able to feel the warm sand beneath his feet again, or so the doctor promises.Lying on a table, Warren is told by the doctor that everything is going to be okay. He's going to have a brand new leg...and a much better life.Too bad it was all a lie.The next time Warren opens his eyes, four centuries have passed. Somehow, he's standing in the middle of a battlefield, stuck on a distant alien planet, far away from home. To make matters worse, his body appears to be entirely synthetic. He's a cyborg, nearly indestructible and enhanced for extreme combat. Now, with centuries of time missing from his memory and no idea how to get home, Warren is left with no choice but to fight against those who would see him enslaved... and free as many of his brothers as possible along the way.
Download or read book Cyborg written by Pat McKissack and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the next Clone Codes installment, Houston, a cyborg, tells his story. Houston must fight to overcome the rules of his strange universe, where the government uses laws to torment its citizens, especially cyborgs.
Download or read book Cyborg written by Martin Caidin and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1984-07-12 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cyborg written by Laura Forlano and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise introduction to cyborg theory that examines the way in which technology is situated, political, and embodied. This introduction to cyborg theory provides a critical vantage point for analyzing the claims around emerging technologies like automation, robots, and AI. Cyborg analyzes and reframes popular and scholarly conversations about cyborgs from the perspective of feminist cyborg theory. Drawing on their combined decades of training, teaching, and research in the social sciences, design, and engineering education, Laura Forlano and Danya Glabau introduce an approach called critical cyborg literacy. Critical cyborg literacy foregrounds power dynamics and pays attention to the ways that social and cultural factors such as gender, race, and disability shape how technology is imagined, developed, used, and resisted. Forlano and Glabau offer critical cyborg literacy as a way of thinking through questions about the relationship between humanity and technology in areas such as engineering and computing, art and design, and health care and medicine, as well as the social sciences and humanities. Cyborg examines whether modern technologies make us all cyborgs—if we consider, for instance, the fact that we use daily technologies at work, have technologies embedded into our bodies in health care applications, or use technology to critically explore possibilities as artists, designers, activists, and creators. Lastly, Cyborg offers perspectives from critical race, feminist, and disability thinkers to help chart a path forward for cyborg theory in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book The Cyborg Universe written by Aly Tatum and published by Aly Tatum. This book was released on 2024-02-05 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in an alternate universe. My husband sacrificed himself to save me from alien enemies entering our solar system. Saving me left him in a vegetable state. This is my second jump into the alternate universe to pick up another part of his soul. My last mission was successful. He regained some of his strength but not enough for him to open his eyes. No other scientist has traveled to other dimensions, except military volunteers. They told me to expect the unexpected. When I landed on this alternate universe, I was shocked. There was no Earth. Humans became part machines to survive in space colonies. Cyborgs littered the solar system. I was sold to a crew in exchange for food and machine parts. I hope I’m lucky as my first mission and I find my husband in this 6-man crew. Only one way to find out. Once we mate, I will know. This book is a short MMF / dark read full of heat. It deals with mature themes that may be triggering for some. See author’s note in the beginning of the book. Each book ends with HFN (Happy for Now).
Download or read book Novacene written by James Lovelock and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time has produced an astounding new theory about the future of life on Earth. James Lovelock argues that the anthropocene - the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale technologies - is, after three centuries, coming to an end. A new age - the novacene - has already begun. New beings will emerge from existing artificial intelligence systems. They will think 10,000 times faster than we do and will regard us as we now regard plants. The cruel, violent machine takeover imagined by sci-fi writers will not happen: these hyper-intelligent beings will be as dependent on the health of the planet as we are. They will need the planetary cooling system of Gaia to defend from the increasing heat of the sun. Gaia depends on organic life. We will be partners in this project. It is crucial, Lovelock argues, that the intelligence of Earth survives and prospers. We are at present the only beings capable of understanding the cosmos, but he speculates that the novacene could be the beginning of a process that will see intelligence suffusing the entire cosmos. At the age 100, Lovelock has produced the most compelling work of his life.
Download or read book The Divine Miracle written by E. H. Allen and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Divine MIracle is a science fiction fantasy partially based on 2 movies and a tv comedy show. The rest of the book comes from the active imagination of the author. The author had ideas for the novel for years but decided to put his ideas on paper after the death of an uncle in 2007. The Divine Miracle has many elements including comedy, drama, action and adventure. This is the first book in a four part series.
Download or read book Cosmic Boom written by Pauline Baird Jones and published by Pauline Baird Jones. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step aboard the spaceship of intrigue, love, and cosmic events in "Cosmic Boom," the thrilling second installment of The Cyborg Chronicles, a captivating spin-off of the award-winning Project Enterprise series. USAF Captain Hedy Quinton's dream of intergalactic exploration turned into a tangled web of responsibilities, unanticipated complications, and unexpected affection. Tasked with managing a lonely AI, a handsome ex-robot deck officer, a disgruntled ally, and an array of suspicious scientists, she's got her hands full. But it's the captivating ex-robot, Boom, who complicates her life the most. Boom, adjusting to his newfound human emotions and vulnerabilities, finds himself irresistibly drawn to Hedy. His unfamiliar human sensations are most potent when she's near, sparking a powerful realization—his human form, unlike his previous robotic one, is delicate and mortal. When Boom embarks on a mission to investigate strange phenomena on an unknown planet, Hedy's professional responsibilities clash with her burgeoning feelings. Her heartstrings are pulled tight as things spiral out of control both on the ship and the unknown planet, forcing her to question her life's decisions. Can their emerging love withstand a cosmic catastrophe, deceit, and the enigma of Boom's past, or are they fated to be adrift in the endless expanse of space? "Cosmic Boom" is your gateway to a universe brimming with high-stakes adventure, thrilling suspense, and heartwarming romance. If you're a fan of character-rich narratives, high-octane action, and expansive space operas, this is a journey you don't want to miss. Join Hedy and Boom as they navigate through the stars and their feelings. Step into the cosmos and grab your copy today.
Download or read book Simultaneous Worlds written by Jennifer L. Feeley and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1927 release of Fritz Lang’s pioneer film Metropolis, science fiction cinema has largely been regarded a Western genre. In Simultaneous Worlds, Jennifer L. Feeley and Sarah Ann Wells showcase authors who challenge this notion by focusing on cinemas and cultures, from Cuba to North Korea, not traditionally associated with science fiction. This collection introduces films about a metal-eating monster who helps peasants overthrow an exploitative court, an inflatable sex doll who comes to life, a desert planet where matchsticks are more valuable than money, and more. Simultaneous Worlds is the first volume to bring a transnational, interdisciplinary lens to science fiction cinema. Encountering some of the best emerging and established voices in the field, readers will become immersed in discussions of well-known works such as the Ghost in the Shell franchise and Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 alongside lesser-known but equally fascinating works by African, Asian, European, and South American filmmakers. Divided into five parts that cover theoretical concerns such as new media economies, translation, the Global South, cyborgs, and socialist and postsocialist cinema, these essays trace cinema’s role in imagining global communities and power struggles. Considering both individual films and the broader networks of production, distribution, and exhibition, Simultaneous Worlds illustrates how film industries across the globe take part in visualizing the perils of globalization and technological modernity. Ultimately, this book opens new ways of thinking about world cinema and our understanding of the world at large.
Download or read book The Multiple Worlds of Fringe written by Tanya R. Cochran and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With diverse contributions from scholars in English literature, psychology, and film and television studies, this collection of essays contextualizes Fringe as a postmodern investigation into what makes us human and as an examination of how technology transforms our humanity. In compiling this collection, the editors sought material as multifaceted as the series itself, devoting sections to specific areas of interest explored by both the writers of Fringe and the writers of the essays: humanity, duality, genre and viewership.
Download or read book Cyborg s Revenge written by Pauline Baird Jones and published by Pauline Baird Jones. This book was released on 2023-01-19 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say you can’t go home again, but what if it is the only way to truly be free? Rap solves problems large and small. He solved them when he was human, when he was a robot, and now that he’s mostly human again, he’s still solving problems—though eliminating the threat from his old Master is a biggie. He’ll need his pet, Snake, and his new friend, Nelson, the AI inside his head. And then there’s Ale. He thought he knew all there was to know about Ale. He was wrong. Her human form is making his head spin and his heart hurt. He’d like to get closer to her, but he was a geek who didn’t know how to talk to women before he became a robot. He can’t imagine facing the Master without her, but how can he risk her life on an impossible mission? Now that Ale is a human again—mostly—her new beating heart is pounding for Rap. It’s a pity that he’s inscrutable, and she’s got a huge secret—one that could be the key to ending the threat from their former Q’uy Master—or doom them all to captivity once more. Can the shy guy and the lovesick gal defeat their greatest enemy and find a happy ending? Only the chatty Snake knows for sure. Cyborg’s Revenge first appeared in Pets in Space ® 4 and was a side story in the Project Enterprise series. It has been repackaged into The Cyborg Chronicles series because the robots want their own series!
Download or read book Project Moonlight written by Akira Yuzui and published by Pencil. This book was released on 2024-04-14 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 139,470 A.C. No water is left anymore in the earth; it has changed from 3000 A.C. No humanity, no kindness, no belief in others, no trust and no love is left. Humans are now cyborgs and they think that they are immortal. Now only 8 humans are left in the entire world. One who rules over the whole universe and his two brothers, 2 siblings who are actually god, one most powerful human and one human who is also a god and has come to bring the end of the universe and to create a new and lovely world, Moonlight. ( Beginning )
Download or read book The Enlightenment Cyborg written by Allison Muri and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many cultural theorists, the concept of the cyborg - an organism controlled by mechanic processes - is firmly rooted in the post-modern, post-industrial, post-Enlightenment, post-nature, post-gender, or post-human culture of the late twentieth century. Allison Muri argues, however, that there is a long and rich tradition of art and philosophy that explores the equivalence of human and machine, and that the cybernetic organism as both a literary figure and an anatomical model has, in fact, existed since the Enlightenment. In The Enlightenment Cyborg, Muri presents cultural evidence - in literary, philosophical, scientific, and medical texts - for the existence of mechanically steered, or 'cyber' humans in the works seventeenth- and eighteenth-century thinkers. Muri illustrates how Enlightenment exploration of the notion of the 'man-machine' was inextricably tied to ideas of reproduction, government, individual autonomy, and the soul, demonstrating an early connection between scientific theory and social and political thought. She argues that late twentieth-century social and political movements, such as socialism, feminism, and even conservatism, are thus not unique in their use of the cyborg as a politicized trope. The Enlightenment Cyborg establishes a dialogue between eighteenth-century studies and cyborg art and theory, and makes a significant and original contribution to both of these fields of inquiry.
