Bibliograph

War of the worlds, cyberspace and the high-tech assault on reality, Mark Slouka

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War of the worlds, cyberspace and the high-tech assault on reality, Mark Slouka

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-185)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

War of the worlds

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

32087451

Responsibility statement

Mark Slouka

Sub title

cyberspace and the high-tech assault on reality

Summary

A technological revolution is unfolding that promises, in the words of its creators, to redefine what it means to be human. Face-to-face communication is quickly becoming obsolete; already we turn to computers for information, entertainment, companionship- even love. Science fiction? Hardly. This is the brave new vision of the digital avant-garde, computer crusaders leading a high-tech assault on what was once known as reality. Sophisticated, well-funded, unabashedly messianic, they have the power, the technological know-how, and the marketplace savvy to make good on many of their wildest prophecies. With War of the Worlds, Mark Slouka gives us a funny, but eerily disturbing, humanist's look at the culture of cyber-space

Table Of Contents

"Reality is death" : the spirit of cyberspace -- "Springtime for schizophrenia" : the assault on identity -- Virtual world : the assault on place -- Highway to hive : the assault on community -- Republic of illusion : the assault on reality -- The case for essentialism

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