Difference between revisions of "No Woman Born"
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A great entertainer's personality and talents are transferred into a mechanical body so they will not be lost with her death. Embodiment in the mechanism will affect that personality and talents (contrast numerous narratives, where uploading, downloading, and/or transferring to different bodies, or cyberspace, isn't problematic). | A great entertainer's personality and talents are transferred into a mechanical body so they will not be lost with her death. Embodiment in the mechanism will affect that personality and talents (contrast numerous narratives, where uploading, downloading, and/or transferring to different bodies, or cyberspace, isn't problematic). | ||
− | See under Literary Criticism the ''TMG'' essays by A. Gordon and A. H. Jones.[[http://www.clockworks2.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mechanical_God,_The:_Machines_in_Science_Fiction]] | + | See under Literary Criticism the ''TMG'' essays by A. Gordon and A. H. Jones.[[http://www.clockworks2.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mechanical_God,_The:_Machines_in_Science_Fiction]] Cf. and contrast "[[Masks]]." |
Discussed with great insight in Thomas L. Wymer's “[[Feminism, Technology, and Art in C. L. Moore’s “No Woman Born”|Feminism, Technology, and Art in C. L. Moore’s 'No Woman Born']].” ‘’Extrapolation’’ 47.1 (Spring 2006): 51-65. | Discussed with great insight in Thomas L. Wymer's “[[Feminism, Technology, and Art in C. L. Moore’s “No Woman Born”|Feminism, Technology, and Art in C. L. Moore’s 'No Woman Born']].” ‘’Extrapolation’’ 47.1 (Spring 2006): 51-65. |
Revision as of 21:52, 12 May 2021
Moore, C. L. "No Woman Born." Astounding Dec. 1944. Coll. The Best of C. L. Moore. Lester del Rey, ed. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975. New York: Ballantine, "A Del Rey Book" (Afterword by CLM), 1976. Rpt. Human Machines (q.v. under Anthologies). Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology. Patricia S. Warrick et al., eds. New York: Harper, 1988.
A great entertainer's personality and talents are transferred into a mechanical body so they will not be lost with her death. Embodiment in the mechanism will affect that personality and talents (contrast numerous narratives, where uploading, downloading, and/or transferring to different bodies, or cyberspace, isn't problematic).
See under Literary Criticism the TMG essays by A. Gordon and A. H. Jones.[[1]] Cf. and contrast "Masks."
Discussed with great insight in Thomas L. Wymer's “Feminism, Technology, and Art in C. L. Moore’s 'No Woman Born'.” ‘’Extrapolation’’ 47.1 (Spring 2006): 51-65.
Expanded by RDE, 10May19, 12May21