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| − | '''Wolfe, Bernard. ''Limbo'' (vt ''Limbo '90'').''' New York: Random, 1952; New York: Ace, 1952. | + | '''Wolfe, Bernard. ''Limbo'' (vt ''Limbo '90'').''' New York: Random, 1952; New York: Ace, 1952. |
| − | See for the mechanization of people through prosthetics, the computer/military complex, and (if Warrick is correct) the necessity for laughter and ironic flexibility against various kinds of rigidities. Discussed by [[Warrick, Patricia S. The Cybernetic Imagination in Science Fiction|Warrick]] 149-50[[http://www.clockworks2.org/wiki/index.php?title=Warrick,_Patricia_S._The_Cybernetic_Imagination_in_Science_Fiction]] and by G. K. Wolfe in his "Instrumentalities of the Body" essay in ''[[The Mechanical God: Machines in Science Fiction]]''; see also the article by D. Samuelson — all listed under Literary Criticism.[[http://www.clockworks2.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mechanical_God,_The:_Machines_in_Science_Fiction]] | + | See for the mechanization of people through prosthetics, the computer/military complex, and (if Warrick is correct) the necessity for laughter and ironic flexibility against various kinds of rigidities. |
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| + | Discussed by [[Warrick, Patricia S. The Cybernetic Imagination in Science Fiction|Warrick]] 149-50[[http://www.clockworks2.org/wiki/index.php?title=Warrick,_Patricia_S._The_Cybernetic_Imagination_in_Science_Fiction]] and by G. K. Wolfe in his "Instrumentalities of the Body" essay in ''[[The Mechanical God: Machines in Science Fiction]]''; see also the article on ''Limbo'' by [[Limbo: The Great American Dystopia|D. Samuelson]] — all listed under Literary Criticism.[[http://www.clockworks2.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mechanical_God,_The:_Machines_in_Science_Fiction]] | ||
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| + | Discussed in Jenni G. Halpin, review of "Under the Shadow: The Atomic Bomb and Cold War Narratives," ''SFRA Review'' #306 (Fall 2013): here p. 15.[http://sfra.org/resources/sfra-review/306.pdf] Halpin sees "[...] ''Limbo'' as an absurdist treatise on the mechanization of warfare, with some emphasis on the Freudian humor (built of condensation, double meaning, and repetition) at work in the novel." | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:07, 1 August 2021
Wolfe, Bernard. Limbo (vt Limbo '90). New York: Random, 1952; New York: Ace, 1952.
See for the mechanization of people through prosthetics, the computer/military complex, and (if Warrick is correct) the necessity for laughter and ironic flexibility against various kinds of rigidities.
Discussed by Warrick 149-50[[1]] and by G. K. Wolfe in his "Instrumentalities of the Body" essay in The Mechanical God: Machines in Science Fiction; see also the article on Limbo by D. Samuelson — all listed under Literary Criticism.[[2]]
Discussed in Jenni G. Halpin, review of "Under the Shadow: The Atomic Bomb and Cold War Narratives," SFRA Review #306 (Fall 2013): here p. 15.[3] Halpin sees "[...] Limbo as an absurdist treatise on the mechanization of warfare, with some emphasis on the Freudian humor (built of condensation, double meaning, and repetition) at work in the novel."
RDE, initial/finishing (format and ref.), 31Jul21
