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	Presenting the Cyborg's Futurist Past
		The passage creates a troubling obstacle for theories of the cyborg which attempt to establish a connection between the disappearance of the techno/organic boundary and the disappearance of gender.
		Likewise, when Haraway states that "the cyborg is a creature in a postgender world" (150), she acknowledges the fragmentation of gender as a binary structure, as well.
		For discussions of the cyborg, the most important of these is the distinction between organism and machine which she says is now "thoroughly ambiguous" (152).
	project.cyberpunk.ru /idb/cyborg_futurist_past.html

	Definition of Cyborgs in fiction
		Many of the members of Section 9 in the Ghost in the Shell universe, specifically the main characters Major Motoko Kusanagi and Batou, are cyborgs dependent on regular maintence; there are several manga (or graphic novel) and artbooks set in the GitS universe, as well as two feature-length anime and a television series.
		Cyborgs are a major way of life in the GUNNM universe, with sports, such as Motorball (and crimes, such as spine-stealing), contributing to a culture of cyborgs.
		Cyborg of the Teen Titans comic book series is a superhero with massive implants and prothestics.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Cyborgs_in_fiction

	TheFourthRail.com - Snap Judgments
		Price: $9.95 US Doctor Cyborg is a very unusual project, a web strip that has been collected into a graphic novel.
		While the dialogue isn't quite as over-the-top, the feel of Doctor Cyborg is very similar to that of Stan Lee's early work at Marvel and the science-fiction/weird stories to be found in DC and EC Comics.
		His own sense of humor comes through in some of the goofier moments, such as the revelation of Doctor Cyborg's son and the uncanny physical resemblance, and he also gives the whole thing a kind of genial, fun air, even the darker elements.
	www.thefourthrail.com /reviews/snapjudgments/081604/doctorcyborg1.shtml (613 words)

	TheSpaceSite.com Forum -> The Best science fiction book ?
		A true Gothic masterpiece, this novel is unforgettable for its message, its depth, and especially for its environment and mood.
		It's inspired many generations of space entrepeneurs, in fact I would have to say that it's THE definitive space entrepeneur novel of all time.
		2001 Space Odyssey is a fantastic book, the novel has some wonderful ideas but in the book, the Discovery's destination is Saturn, not Jupiter.
	www.thespacesite.com /community/index.php?showtopic=1060 (613 words)

	Week 1
		First, note what it is in the first column, then speculate about the significance of the subtitle to the novel as a whole (or at least as much as we've read to date).
		Any kind of notation is fair game, but be sure that one of your entries deals with the full title of the novel.
		So, although many of its elements seem extraordinary or unearthly, there are "scientific explanations" within the novel for each extreme element.
	web.ics.purdue.edu /~bross/373/373schedule.htm (613 words)

	Cyborg 009 Graphic Novel 05 DVD Anime Manga
		Cyborg 009 is a story about nine experimental cyborgs (eight male and one female), which have been collected by the evil terrorist group, Black Ghost.
		As war rages in South Vietnam, the cyborgs are confronted by group of guerillas led by a mysterious masked man who has a diabolical plan.
		Ishinomori Shoutarou bases cyborg 009 anime on Cyborg 009 manga from the late 1960¡¯s.
	www.discountanimedvd.com /detail.asp?dvdno=7747 (459 words)

	Comic Book Bin
		The second installment of the hit fantasy graphic novel series, Grafenveer begins shipping May 1st and details revolving around its launch are already causing a stir among retailers and collectors.
		Comic editors weigh in on what it takes to get your foot in the door.
		Failure to Launch is the story of Tripp, a 35-year-old man still living with his parents.
	comicbookbin.com (226 words)

	Mile High Comics: Trade Paperback: Image Comics: DOCTOR CYBORG: OUTPATIENT GN (2004)
		DOCTOR CYBORG: OUTPATIENT GN (2004) is a trade paperback/graphic novel by Image Comics.
		To view details of this title, and place an order for it, see DOCTOR CYBORG: OUTPATIENT GN (2004) in the Mile High Comics istore.
		Mile High Comics is a registered trademark of Mile High Comics, Inc.
	www.milehighcomics.com /comicindex/trade-paperback/title/Title-DOCTOR-CYBORG--OUTPATIENT-GN--2004--by-Image-Comics.html (116 words)

	Suspended
		Suspended is similar to Cyborg in that it puts the player in control of an imaginary cybernetic system.
		But the scenario and implementation of Suspended are so professionally crafted, that the product actually manages to transcend the typical text adventure (often nothing more than a puzzle that understands English), offering a level of involvement which can only be compared to the experience of a fine novel.
		Suspended was created by Michael Berlyn, a programmer best known as the author of the best-selling Apple adventures Oo-Topos and Cyborg.
	www.cyberroach.com /analog/an12/Suspended.htm (983 words)

	Books: Bibliography - Margaret Weis.com
		KNIGHTS OF THE BLACK EARTH, an Mag Force 7 action adventure science fiction novel, featuring characters from the Star of the Guardian series: Xris the cyborg, Raoul and the Little One, plus the rest of the unusual mercenary team.
		HUNG OUT, the third Mag Force 7 action novel.
		ROBOT BLUES, the second Mag Force 7 action novel.
	www.margaretweis.com /books/bibliography.php (983 words)

	Books, Listed by Author
		* _ The Knights of the Black Earth (with Don Perrin)( Gollancz 0-575-06060-3, Aug ’95, £15.99, 383pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) [ Mag Force 7 ] Reprint (Roc 1995) SF novel, set in the same universe as Weis’s “Star of the Guardians” series.
		* _ The Knights of the Black Earth (with Don Perrin)( Vista 0-575-60037-3, Aug ’96, £5.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [ Mag Force 7 ] Reprint (Roc 1995) SF novel.
		Mercenaries led by a cyborg plot against the galactic king.
	www.locusmag.com /index/b499.html (983 words)

	Rob Grant's Colony. The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Web Site
		Colony is Rob Grant's first non-Red Dwarf novel and, as such, it shares a number of similarities with the TV series.
		Little did he realise that he would end up stranded on a spaceship, generations later, with the virtually psychotic descendants of the original crew and being pursued by a murderous cyborg.
		I did enjoy Colony, there's some good humour in here, but I feel that it suffered from being stuck between Backwards (the best Red Dwarf Novel) and Incompetence (the first truly original Grant novel).
	www.eternalnight.co.uk /books/g/grantrob/colony.html (311 words)

	SciFan: Books: Sky Coyote by Kage Baker (from our database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, collections)
		Kage Baker's first novel, In the Garden of Iden, was a smart, funny, top-drawer read.
		Baker switches focus in this sequel to Joseph, the immortal cyborg who rescued Iden's heroine, Mendoza, from the dungeons of the Spanish Inquisition.
		Fans will be happy to find out that Baker avoids a sophomore slump with Sky Coyote, the second novel of the Company, and another superbly witty and intelligent book.
	www.scifan.com /titles/title.asp?TI_titleid=1190 (416 words)

	index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA156440
		ISBN 0-15-100448-X. Having traveled from the 24th century to 16th-century England (In the Garden of Iden) and pre-Columbian Mexico (Sky Coyote), Baker's plucky heroine, Mendoza, finds herself in the Wild West, getting acquainted with her new cyborg colleagues.
		336p.ISBN 0-15-100448-X. $23.Having traveled from the 24th century to 16th-century England (In the Garden of Iden) and pre-Columbian Mexico (Sky Coyote), Baker's plucky heroine, Mendoza, finds herself in the Wild West, getting acquainted with her new cyborg colleagues.
		Mendoza in Hollywood: A Novel of the Company.
	www.libraryjournal.com /index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA156440 (661 words)

	Salon.com Books Creative destruction
		With his new novel, "The Zenith Angle," Bruce Sterling abandons the cyborg future for the more terrifying present of amoral terrorists and capitalists
		Twenty years ago, Bruce Sterling was writing whacked-out stories of a post-human future in which cyborg constructs and genetically altered mutants clashed throughout the solar system in a dazzling pyrotechnic frenzy.
		Because if Sterling is channeling any of his own emotions through his lead character, Derek Vandeveer, then it is safe to say that he has not been a happy camper of late.
	www.salon.com /books/review/2004/04/30/sterling (298 words)

	The Group W Bench
		Tempest : As I recall, Nightskye used the name 'Stryker' in a short story in 1987, which I think predates "God Loves, Man Kills." And I don't think the Rev in that graphic novel was a cyborg.
		But I have a holograph copy of a joint story 'skye and I tried to write, with his cyborg character Stryker, and my hapless L I detective, Gerry Flaherty.
		This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
	thegroupwbench.blogspot.com /2003/05/tempest-as-i-recall-nightskye-used.html (298 words)

	Amazon.com: Blade Runner: Books: Philip K. Dick
		Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is no different, describing an environmental catastrophic event that leads to Earth's ruin, where humans have migrated to offshore colony worlds, where they get a free human cyborg - a replicant, to serve them.
		The original title of this novel is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" It is also sold under the title of "Blade Runner" because the 1982 movie of the same name was based on this novel.
		Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep cannot be easily compared to the following movie, for they are both great in their own way.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345350472?v=glance (2444 words)

	vis_abstract.php?Abstrnr=11&konferanse=kroppestetikkerfaring
		In Ekman’s later novel, Gör mig levande igen, the dualism no longer prevails, and the transgressions of the boundaries between body and mind, which here have affirmative value, are expressed through a cyborg aesthetic.
		This presentation focuses on the relation between aesthetics and bodily representation in two novels by the Swedish author Kerstin Ekman: En stad av ljus (City of Light 1983) and Gör mig levande igen [Revive Me 1996].
		This novel is also written within a modernist aesthetic; it is solipsistic and oriented towards a non-bodily experience.
	www.filonova.no /konferanser/kroppestetikkerfaring/vis_abstract.php?Abstrnr=11&konferanse=kroppestetikkerfaring (200 words)

	Frederik Pohl - Man Plus
		Man Plus perfectly illustrates the positive, speculative imagination of the "open-system" cyborg story: [in the words of Henry Kuttner,] "in a man-computer synthesis lies the hope of mankind's long-term survival and.
		The "Man Plus" is astronaut Roger Torraway, who volunteers to be transformed through massive surgery into a "monster," a cyborg who can survive on the surface of Mars.
		Examining the psychology of Man Plus, one could say that this novel overcomes castration anxiety, for the hero confronts the loss not only of his humanity but also his sexuality.
	www.frederikpohl.com /work4.htm (494 words)

	Cryptozoo Crew
		Doctor Cyborg is being published this summer as a graphic novel by Image Comics.
		Allan Gross, who also writes the conspiracy-driven Doctor Cyborg, has been the author of Argus and The Flash for DC Comics and Tarzan for Dark Horse Comics, the syndicated Tarzan newspaper strip, IS ART - The Art of Insight Studios, and contributed to Titanic Tales.
		His clean line style and illustrations of the comic's girl-next-door heroine have earned him critical acclaim and a growing legion of fans.
	www.insightstudiosgroup.com /carr/zoocrew.html (494 words)

	Kage Baker, Sky Coyote
		Sky Coyote, is Baker's second novel about the Company, the organization of the 24th century dedicated to preserving works of art and literature and endangered species through the work of the cyborg "immortal" operatives living through time.
		He has never before questioned what the truth lying ahead of him in the middle of the 24th century might be, and at the end of the novel, he is still holding off on facing that truth.
		The 24th century people seem to represent what will happen if our trend toward "dumbing down" education, arts and literature continues.
	www.rambles.net /baker_coyote.html (405 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Naked Lunch: Criterion Collection
		Naked Lunch is less a novel in the traditional sense than a series of "routines," individual sketches that rarely connect apart from their recurring motifs.
		Naked Lunch, however, is really a supplement to the novel, rather than a film that operates on its own.
		Other elements in the film reinforce our sense that Naked Lunch is a cyborg of a film.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/nakedlunch.php (2298 words)

	Slavoj Zizek - Slavoj Žižek - The Cyberspace Real
		Peter Hoeg's novel The Woman and the Ape stages sex with an animal as a fantasy of full sexual relationship, and it is crucial that this animal is as a rule male: in contrast to the cyborg-sex fantasy, in which the cyborg is as a rule a woman, i.e.
		As such, the pervert's universe is the universe of pure symbolic order, of the signifier's game running its course, unencumbered by the Real of human finitude.
		And this is what Lynch does in The Lost Highway: he "traverses" our late-capitalist fantasmatic universe not by way of direct social criticism (depicting the grim social reality which serves as its actual foundation), but by staging these fantasies openly, without the "secondary perlaboration" which usually masks their inconsistencies.
	www.egs.edu /faculty/zizek/zizek-the-cyberspace-real.html (2071 words)

	Mycroft Holmes, the First AI
		Mycroft Holmes, the First AI Mycroft Holmes, the First AI Zachary Reiss-Davis, '08, The Cyborg Self, Brown University, Spring 2005
		Robert Heinlein's Hugo-award-winning novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966) involves an AI, Mycroft Holmes, who may be the first fictional artificial intelligence written with an attempt to justify its existence scientifically.
		In the novel, he reaches sentience when a critical mass of processing power is hooked into him.
	www.thecore.nus.edu /cpace/cyborg/zrd/mhmzrd.html (390 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 99014949
		At Cahuenga Pass, in a stagecoach inn on the road to Los Angeles, Mendoza meets her new cyborg colleagues in this third novel of the Company.
		Publisher description for Mendoza in Hollywood : a novel of the company/ Kage Baker.
		As bullets fly overhead, we learn that Mendoza is being haunted, in her dreams, by the man she loved and lost three centuries ago and whose ghost is unexpectedly reincarnated by the arrival of a very large, very suave, and very handsome British spy, Edward Alton Bell-Fairfax.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/har021/99014949.html (197 words)

	Science Fiction Book Reviews
		As the novel opens, Mendoza, the indestructible cyborg who owes her existence to the Company, is a prisoner, stranded in the prehistoric past by her time-traveling masters and condemned to raise produce for one of the Company's resorts.
		age Baker's latest novel, The Life of the World to Come, is another in a series of stories and novels, among them The Graveyard Game, Mendoza in Hollywood and the collection
		In his own century, Alec Checkerfield is, or at least appears to be, the emotionally deprived child of the alcoholic Earl of Finsbury and his wife, Cecelia, who has never especially wanted a child and clearly resents Alec's presence onboard their ship.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue398/books2.html (517 words)

	Mendoza in Hollywood (Company, book 3) by Kage Baker
		Cyborg botanist Mendoza is sent to Cahuenga Pass, California, in 1862 in order to gather and save rare plants bound for extinction.
		Title: Mendoza in Hollywood: A Novel of the Company
		Title: Mendoza in Hollywood : A Company Novel (The Company)
	www.fantasticfiction.co.uk /b/kage-baker/mendoza-in-hollywood.htm (98 words)

	Virtuosity
		Yet, one aspect of the plot proves interesting to a comparison between women and cyborgs: Lynch plays a single mother who's daughter is in jeopardy after she is left alone as Lynch works.
		If Lynch is a cyborg like Sid 6.7, and as an embodied subject, Sid 6.7 wreaks havoc on society, as a liberated working mother (who does not reveal naked body parts as in earlier films) Lynch endangers our children.
		Inhabiting my writing are peculiar boundary creatures--simians, cyborgs, and women--all of which have had a destabalizing place in Western evolutionary, technological, and biological narratives (Haraway, Cyborg Manifesto 21)
	www.georgetown.edu /bassr/amanda/denzel.htm (639 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: The Final Battle
		It takes a while to get into the novel, as we are reintroduced to a few major characters from the earlier book, men and women who are to some degree shadows of their old selves, and newly introduced to new heroes such as the half-human, half-Naa son of the famous William Booly.
		A major part of the new game plan involved the implementation of their own cyborg army, and the best and brightest of the Hudathan soldiers were given the honor of being killed and resuscitated in the metallic form of the Regiment of the Living Dead.
		The second half of the novel does come across as a little rushed, and I'm still wondering where a few seemingly important sub-plots wandered off to, but The Final Battle still stands as an oftentimes gripping military science fiction adventure.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/044100217X?v=glance (639 words)

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