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The Posthuman Trilogy by Mikael Svanstroem
SciFier: £33.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648854975Author Mikael SvanstroemFormat HardbackPage Count 720Imprint -
Parables of the Posthuman by Jonathan Boulter
RRP: £32.95SciFier: £30.49In 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... -
Posthumanist Readings in Dystopian Young Adult Fiction: Negotiating the Nature/Culture Divide Jennifer Harrison 9781498573375
SciFier: £37.99If 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: £112.99This 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... -
The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television Michael Hauskeller 9781349577019
RRP: £149.99SciFier: £103.49What does popular culture's relationship with cyborgs, robots, vampires and zombies tell us about being human? Insightful scholarly perspectives shine a light on how film and television evince and... -
Inhuman Thoughts: Philosophical Explorations of Posthumanity Asher Seidel 9780739123294
SciFier: £44.99Inhuman 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: £24.99SciFier: £21.01Techno-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... -
Posthuman Gaming: Avatars, Gamers, and Entangled Subjectivities Poppy Wilde 9781032074962
SciFier: £40.26Apologies 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... -
Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction: Narrating the Future Tereza Dedinova 9781793636652
SciFier: £37.99In 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... -
Vertov, Snow, Farocki: Machine Vision and the Posthuman David Tomas 9781501307294
SciFier: £40.99Vertov, 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... -
Samuel Beckett and Technology Galina Kiryushina 9781474463294
RRP: £25.99SciFier: £24.39Explores 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: £92.99In 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: £90.00SciFier: £84.09This 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... -
Stages of Transmutation: Science Fiction, Biology, and Environmental Posthumanism Tom Idema 9780367664657
SciFier: £43.73Stages of Transmutation: Science Fiction, Biology, and Environmental Posthumanism develops the theoretical perspective of environmental posthumanism through analyses of acclaimed science fiction... -
Rig by Jon Wallace
GollanczRRP: £9.99SciFier: £3.04A 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: £36.99This 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: £90.00SciFier: £83.28This 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... -
Cyborg Saints: Religion and Posthumanism in Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction Carissa Smith 9781032089836
SciFier: £43.73Saints 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... -
Mutant Narratives in Ecological Science Fiction by Kaisa Kortekallio (University of Helsinki, Finland)
SciFier: £30.99Using 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... -
Dread Trident: Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Modern Fantastic Curtis D. Carbonell (Khalifa University (United Arab Emirates)) 9781802077056
SciFier: £31.56Dread 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... -
Dread Trident: Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Modern Fantastic Curtis D. Carbonell (Khalifa University (United Arab Emirates)) 9781789620573
RRP: £109.50SciFier: £103.18Dread 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: £35.99Spectacular 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... -
Posthumanist Themes in Graphic Novels Alysha Farrell 9781647284886
RRP: £132.03SciFier: £115.19Apologies 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: £87.99With 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... -
Science Fiction and Posthumanism in the Anthropocene Dr Jonathan Hay (Lecturer in English Literature and Data Science, University of Chester, UK) 9781350465992
SciFier: £30.99With 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... -
AI in the Movies by Paula Murphy
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £75.90Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474448581Author Paula MurphyFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint -
Ai in the Movies Paula Murphy 9781474448598
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £18.06AI in the Movies analyses film representations of artificial intelligence, from their first emergence in the 1950s up to 2020. These strong or general artificial intelligences take different forms:... -
On Soulsring Worlds by Marco Caracciolo
SciFier: £61.06The 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... -
On Soulsring Worlds: Narrative Complexity, Digital Communities, and Interpretation in Dark Souls and Elden Ring Marco Caracciolo 9781032684017
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £21.78The 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 9781137386687
SciFier: £46.99The 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 9781349481729
SciFier: £46.99The 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... -
Ghost, Android, Animal: Trauma and Literature Beyond the Human Tony M. Vinci 9781032239705
SciFier: £43.73Ghost, Android, Animal challenges the notion that trauma literature functions as a healing agent for victims of severe pain and loss by bringing trauma studies into the orbit of posthumanist thought... -
Fabulating Ecologies: Screening Caution, Citizenry, and the Machinic Apocalypse Anik Sarkar 9781666921410
SciFier: £82.99Fabulating Ecologies: Screening Caution, Citizenry, and the Machinic Apocalypse undertakes a comprehensive exploration into the world of eco-fabulations within cinematic narratives. The chapters... -
Animals on Television by Brett Mills
SciFier: £111.86This book is the first in-depth study of the representation of animals on television. It explores the variety of ways animals are represented in audio-visual media, including wildlife documentaries... -
Critical Perspectives on Dario Argento Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns 9781666973648
SciFier: £92.99This edited volume provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and up-to-date analysis of the entire filmography of Dario Argento, one of the most renowned directors from the world of Euro-Horror... -
Hot Equations: Science, Fantasy, and the Radical Imagination on a Troubled Planet Jesse S. Cohn 9781496850164
RRP: £29.95SciFier: £19.46Inspired by the new diversity of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in the twenty-first century, Hot Equations: Science, Fantasy, and the Radical Imagination on a Troubled Planet confronts the... -
Hot Equations: Science, Fantasy, and the Radical Imagination on a Troubled Planet Jesse S. Cohn 9781496850157
RRP: £91.00SciFier: £72.25Inspired by the new diversity of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in the twenty-first century, Hot Equations: Science, Fantasy, and the Radical Imagination on a Troubled Planet confronts the... -
The Hungry Gods by Adrian Tchaikovsky
RebellionRRP: £25.00SciFier: £18.85The Gods have returned to the world. Amri was a Rabbit, one of a tribe of survivors scratching out an existence in the blasted landscape of a shattered, poisoned world. The Seagull fight, the Pigeon... -
Hammered: Book One Elizabeth Bear 9781473224544
GatewayRRP: £9.99SciFier: £7.34From Elizabeth Bear comes a near-future tale about a woman who was engineered for combat in a world that's running out of time.Jenny Casey is a former Canadian special forces warrior living on the... -
Representing the New AI in Film and Television Dr Graham Allen (University College Cork, Cork) 9781350378018
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £18.84The 21st-century has witnessed rapid advances in artificial intelligence, giving rise to a society at once hopeful but also mistrustful of the possibilities that this technology offers. Our hopes and...