Technophobia!: Science Fiction Visions of Posthuman Technology

by Dan Dinello

Book Overview

Techno-heaven or techno-hell? If you believe many scientists working in the emerging fields of twenty-first-century technology, the future is blissfully bright. Initially, human bodies will be perfected through genetic manipulation and the fusion of human and machine; later, human beings will completely shed the shackles of pain, disease, and even death, as human minds are downloaded into death-free robots whereby they can live forever in a heavenly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292709862
• ISBN13: 9780292709867
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.0"