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Clones: The Most Human Non-Humans?

So far, I’m finding The House of the Scorpion to be a very enjoyable read; it’s definitely the easiest book to make sense of that we’ve read this semester, and the narrative is interesting. I’m not sure how much of … Continue reading

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EL CAPITAN!!

[pgs 343-354] I have been hit. Those skimmers, those scramblers, that damn Rorschach attacked me. I couldn’t believe just how much of an impact Rorschach could make, or how covertly it could do it. No one even saw the plasma … Continue reading

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Are we human, or are we…just a brain?

“Jesus, Siri. People aren’t rational. You aren’t rational. We’re not thinking machines, we’re– we’re feeling machines that happen to think.” (231-232). Reading Young Park’s blogpost (which can be read here: http://samplereality.com/gmu/451/author/youngpark/) about consciousness being “costly and inefficient” brought my mind … Continue reading

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To Akin

My dearest Akin, It is with great impatience, hope, and love that I write this letter to you. I am impatient because I have spent months waiting for you, my unborn son, and I am eager to know you and … Continue reading

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Agency in Dawn- Not for Humans!

After finishing Dawn by Octavia Butler, I am curious to see where the next novel will take Lilith and the others- is it possible, as Lilith suggests at the end, that “a few fertile people might slip through and find … Continue reading

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2 in We3

I just successfully (and happily) made it through my first reading of a graphic novel! We3 was extremely visually stimulating and…dare I say it…surprisingly heartwarming, in spite of the blood and gore. We3 tells the tale of 3 prototype cyborgs … Continue reading

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Rastafarians in Cyberspace

While the first section of Neuromancer was indisputably difficult to follow, the second section presented (to me at least) its own unique set of challenges for the reader. As we discussed in class, one thing that makes this novel difficult … Continue reading

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Race in “The Comet”

While W.E.B. Du Bois’ “The Comet” is a science fiction story depicting post-apocalyptic New York, it is much more than that; to me, it is a story primarily concerned with race relations that merely uses the science fiction genre as … Continue reading

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Which came first, the Monster or Frankenstein?

  As our discussion of Frankenstein has progressed, I am still attempting to place Frankenstein on what we can call the monster-creator spectrum: does Frankenstein’s final explanation that “[his] duties toward [his] fellow creatures had greater claims to [his] attention” … Continue reading

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Frankenstein is not weird

Although I have never seen any of the many film adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, I have already read the novel once before in its entirety. Usually, rereading a book is a rewarding experience for me, but in this particular … Continue reading

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