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'''Jones, D[ennis] F. ''Colossus''.''' London: Hart-Davis, 1966. New York: Berkley, 1976. [[Category: Fiction]] | '''Jones, D[ennis] F. ''Colossus''.''' London: Hart-Davis, 1966. New York: Berkley, 1976. [[Category: Fiction]] | ||
| − | The first book of the ''Colossus'' trilogy (with ''The Fall of Colossus'' and ''Colossus and the Crab''). ''Colossus'' presents the computer-takeover theme, with a significant variation on the containment motif usual in dystopias: the world of this novel becomes a prison for the protagonist; he is only free when in the nurturing containment of his bedroom. Cf. and contrast Winston and Julia in the room over the shop in G. Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. See under Drama, [[COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT]]; see under Literary Criticism, R. Erlich, "D. F. Jones's ''Colossus''."[[Category: Fiction]] | + | The first book of the ''Colossus'' trilogy (with ''The Fall of Colossus'' and ''Colossus and the Crab''). ''Colossus'' presents the computer-takeover theme, with a significant variation on the containment motif usual in dystopias: the world of this novel becomes a prison for the protagonist; he is only free when in the nurturing containment of his bedroom. Cf. and contrast Winston and Julia in the room over the shop in G. Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. See under Drama, [[COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT]]; see under Literary Criticism, R. Erlich, "[[D. F. Jones's Colossus." Survey of Science Fiction Literature |
| + | \D. F. Jones's ''Colossus'']]."[[Category: Fiction]] | ||
Revision as of 22:07, 3 June 2018
Jones, D[ennis] F. Colossus. London: Hart-Davis, 1966. New York: Berkley, 1976.
The first book of the Colossus trilogy (with The Fall of Colossus and Colossus and the Crab). Colossus presents the computer-takeover theme, with a significant variation on the containment motif usual in dystopias: the world of this novel becomes a prison for the protagonist; he is only free when in the nurturing containment of his bedroom. Cf. and contrast Winston and Julia in the room over the shop in G. Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. See under Drama, COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT; see under Literary Criticism, R. Erlich, "[[D. F. Jones's Colossus." Survey of Science Fiction Literature \D. F. Jones's Colossus]]."
