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Parables of the Posthuman by Jonathan Boulter
RRP: $44.15SciFier: $40.86In its intimate joining of self and machine, video gaming works to extend the body into a fluid, dynamic, unstable, and discontinuous entity. While digital gaming and culture has become a popular... -
The Posthuman Trilogy by Mikael Svanstroem
SciFier: $44.88Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648854975Author Mikael SvanstroemFormat HardbackPage Count 720Imprint -
Posthumanism in Young Adult Fiction: Finding Humanity in a Posthuman World Anita Tarr 9781496828316
RRP: $36.17SciFier: $30.23Contributions by Torsten Caeners, Phoebe Chen, Mathieu Donner, Shannon Hervey, Angela S. Insenga, Patricia Kennon, Maryna Matlock, Ferne Merrylees, Lars Schmeink, Anita Tarr, Tony M. Vinci, and Donna... -
Posthumanist Readings in Dystopian Young Adult Fiction: Negotiating the Nature/Culture Divide Jennifer Harrison 9781498573375
SciFier: $50.91If there is one trend in children's and YA literature that seems to be enjoying a steady rise in popularity, it is the expansion of the YA dystopian genre. While the genre has been lauded for its... -
The Posthuman Body in Superhero Comics by Scott Jeffery
SciFier: $151.41This book examines the concepts of Post/Humanism and Transhumanism as depicted in superhero comics. Recent decades have seen mainstream audiences embrace the comic book Superhuman. Meanwhile there... -
Inhuman Thoughts: Philosophical Explorations of Posthumanity Asher Seidel 9780739123294
SciFier: $60.29Inhuman Thoughts is a philosophical exploration of the possibility of increasing the physiological and psychological capacities of humans to the point that they are no longer biologically,... -
Technophobia!: Science Fiction Visions of Posthuman Technology Daniel Dinello 9780292709867
RRP: $33.49SciFier: $28.15Techno-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... -
Transhumanism and Posthumanism in Twenty-First Century Narrative Sonia Baelo-Allue 9780367757496
RRP: $58.95SciFier: $53.95Transhumanism and Posthumanism in Twenty-First Century Narrative brings together fifteen scholars from five different countries to explore the different ways in which the posthuman has been addressed... -
Posthuman Gaming: Avatars, Gamers, and Entangled Subjectivities Poppy Wilde 9781032074962
SciFier: $53.95Apologies no description as yet for this book is available. We are dedicated to providing you with an extensive selection of science fiction books from a variety of authors and publishers. Our... -
Vertov, Snow, Farocki: Machine Vision and the Posthuman David Tomas 9781501307294
SciFier: $54.93Vertov, Snow, Farocki: Machine Vision and the Posthuman begins with a comprehensive and original anthropological analysis of Vertov's film The Man With a Movie Camera. Tomas then explores the film's... -
Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction: Narrating the Future Tereza Dedinova 9781793636652
SciFier: $50.91In order to demonstrate that speculative fiction provides a valuable contribution to the discussion about the challenges of the Anthropocene, Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction... -
Samuel Beckett and Technology Galina Kiryushina 9781474463287
RRP: $120.60SciFier: $112.68This collection of essays is the first comprehensive discussion of the role technology plays in shaping Beckett's trademark aesthetics. Samuel Beckett and Technology assembles an innovative and... -
Samuel Beckett and Technology Galina Kiryushina 9781474463294
RRP: $34.83SciFier: $32.68Explores Beckett's engagement with various technologies throughout his artistic career Approaches the topic of technology from multiple perspectives previously unexplored in Beckett criticism ... -
Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction: Narrating the Future Tereza Dedinova 9781793636638
SciFier: $124.61In order to demonstrate that speculative fiction provides a valuable contribution to the discussion about the challenges of the Anthropocene, Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction... -
Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture Steven T. Brown 9780230103597
SciFier: $124.61Engaging some of the most canonical and thought-provoking anime, manga, and science fiction films, Tokyo Cyberpunk offers insightful analysis of Japanese visual culture. Steven T. Brown draws new... -
Stages of Transmutation: Science Fiction, Biology, and Environmental Posthumanism Tom Idema 9780367664657
SciFier: $58.60Stages of Transmutation: Science Fiction, Biology, and Environmental Posthumanism develops the theoretical perspective of environmental posthumanism through analyses of acclaimed science fiction... -
Towards a Posthuman Imagination in Literature and Media: Monsters, Mutants, Aliens, Artificial Beings Simona Micali 9781788745826
RRP: $64.86SciFier: $59.62What if the human species were to get in touch with another intelligent species, thus far unknown? This question is the impetus for a vast, exciting catalogue of science fiction and fantasy stories... -
Reimagining the Human in Contemporary French Science Fiction Christina Lord 9781836245070
RRP: $37.51SciFier: $36.31The study of French science fiction - even in France - remains an underexploited field. Only recently have French literary scholars been able to gain recognition for the validity of studying SF, but... -
Reimagining the Human in Contemporary French Science Fiction Christina Lord 9781802078497
SciFier: $147.51The study of French science fiction - even in France - remains an underexploited field. Only recently have French literary scholars been able to gain recognition for the validity of studying SF, but... -
Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture Steven T. Brown 9780230103603
SciFier: $111.21Engaging some of the most canonical and thought-provoking anime, manga, and science fiction films, Tokyo Cyberpunk offers insightful analysis of Japanese visual culture. Steven T. Brown draws new... -
Rig by Jon Wallace
GollanczRRP: $13.39SciFier: $4.07A fast-moving, filmic and violent SF thriller, perfect for fans of Jack Campbell. A meeting of The Road and Rogue Trooper.'My nanotech is dead. By definition I am no longer Ficial. On the other hand... -
The Cinema of Things: Globalization and the Posthuman Object Elizabeth Ezra (University of Stirling, UK) 9781501352492
SciFier: $49.57This book explores the border zones between life and non-life as represented in cinema from the end of the nineteenth century, when France led the global film industry, to the first decades of the... -
Trees in European and American Cinemas Prof Thomas Austin (Professor of Film Studies, University of Sussex, UK) 9781399564939
RRP: $120.60SciFier: $111.60This book considers significant ways in which trees have been represented in European and American cinemas, via the symbolic regimes of various popular genres (period films, war films, disaster... -
Dread Trident: Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Modern Fantastic Curtis D. Carbonell (Khalifa University (United Arab Emirates)) 9781789620573
RRP: $146.73SciFier: $138.26Dread Trident examines the rise of imaginary worlds in tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs), such as Dungeons and Dragons. With the combination of analog and digital mechanisms, from traditional books... -
Cyborg Saints: Religion and Posthumanism in Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction Carissa Smith 9781032089836
SciFier: $58.60Saints are currently undergoing a resurrection in middle grade and young adult fiction, as recent prominent novels by Socorro Acioli, Julie Berry, Adam Gidwitz, Rachel Hartman, Merrie Haskell, Gene... -
Dread Trident: Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Modern Fantastic Curtis D. Carbonell (Khalifa University (United Arab Emirates)) 9781802077056
SciFier: $42.29Dread Trident examines the rise of imaginary worlds in tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs), such as Dungeons and Dragons. With the combination of analog and digital mechanisms, from traditional books... -
Spectacular Posthumanism: The Digital Vernacular of Visual Effects Professor Drew Ayers (Eastern Washington University, USA) 9781501373824
SciFier: $48.23Spectacular Posthumanism examines the ways in which VFX imagery fantasizes about digital disembodiment while simultaneously reasserting the importance of the lived body. Analyzing a wide range of... -
Mutant Narratives in Ecological Science Fiction by Kaisa Kortekallio (University of Helsinki, Finland)
SciFier: $41.53Using an innovative multidisciplinary approach which is deeply invested in posthumanist thought, this book demonstrates how reading science fiction shapes the way we engage with lived environments... -
Posthumanist Themes in Graphic Novels Alysha Farrell 9781647284886
RRP: $176.92SciFier: $156.23Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647284886Author Alysha FarrellFormat HardbackPage Count 257Imprint -
Science Fiction and Posthumanism in the Anthropocene by Dr Jonathan Hay (Lecturer in English Literature and Data Science, University of Chester, UK)
SciFier: $117.91With science fiction stories imagining futures and worlds vastly different from our own, and posthuman philosophies radically reconceptualising our species' place within our own world, this book is a... -
The Politics of Monstrous Figures in Contemporary Cinema: Witches, Zombies, and Cyborgs Re-enchanting the Ends of the World Francesco Sticchi 9781041188773
RRP: $64.31SciFier: $58.60The book addresses the role of particular monstrous figures and apocalyptic scenarios in contemporary cinema and television and evaluates the political potential of horror and sci-fi narratives in... -
Feminist Posthumanism in Contemporary Science Fiction Film and Media: From Annihilation to High Life and Beyond Julia A. Empey (University of Cambridge, UK) 9781501398445
SciFier: $41.53Feminist Posthumanism in Contemporary Science Fiction Film and Media: From Annihilation to High Life and Beyond places posthumanism and feminist theory into dialogue with contemporary science fiction... -
Science Fiction and Posthumanism in the Anthropocene Dr Jonathan Hay (Lecturer in English Literature and Data Science, University of Chester, UK) 9781350465992
SciFier: $41.53With science fiction stories imagining futures and worlds vastly different from our own, and posthuman philosophies radically reconceptualising our species' place within our own world, this book is a... -
Cyberpunk Culture and Psychology: Seeing through the Mirrorshades Anna McFarlane (University of Glasgow, UK) 9780367535698
RRP: $58.95SciFier: $53.95This book traces developments in cyberpunk culture through a close engagement with the novels of the 'godfather of cyberpunk', William Gibson. Connecting his relational model of 'gestalt' psychology... -
On Soulsring Worlds: Narrative Complexity, Digital Communities, and Interpretation in Dark Souls and Elden Ring Marco Caracciolo 9781032684017
RRP: $33.49SciFier: $30.24The first book-length study devoted to FromSoftware games, On Soulsring Worlds explores how the Dark Souls series and Elden Ring are able to reconcile extreme difficulty in both gameplay and... -
AI in the Movies by Paula Murphy
RRP: $113.90SciFier: $101.71Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474448581Author Paula MurphyFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint -
Fabulating Ecologies: Screening Caution, Citizenry, and the Machinic Apocalypse Anik Sarkar 9781666921410
SciFier: $111.21Fabulating Ecologies: Screening Caution, Citizenry, and the Machinic Apocalypse undertakes a comprehensive exploration into the world of eco-fabulations within cinematic narratives. The chapters... -
On Soulsring Worlds by Marco Caracciolo
SciFier: $81.82The first book-length study devoted to FromSoftware games, On Soulsring Worlds explores how the Dark Souls series and Elden Ring are able to reconcile extreme difficulty in both gameplay and... -
Interfacing with the Internet in Popular Cinema A. Tucker 9781349481729
SciFier: $62.97The Internet is the most terrifying and most beautifully innovative invention of the twentieth century. Using film theory and close textual analysis, Tucker offers an explanation of the Internet and... -
Interfacing with the Internet in Popular Cinema A. Tucker 9781137386687
SciFier: $62.97The Internet is the most terrifying and most beautifully innovative invention of the twentieth century. Using film theory and close textual analysis, Tucker offers an explanation of the Internet and...