Terminal Identity: The virtual subject in postmodern science fiction.
Scott Bukinon
1993 Duke University Press
"There is absolutely no overstating the importance of science fiction to the present cultural moment, a moment that sees itself as science fiction. "The Cyber Punks (science fiction writers) are perhaps the first SF generation to grow up not only within the literary tradition of SF, but in a truly science fictional world.""We live in science fiction,""We have annexed the future into our own present.""We are already living out the existences predicted by the previous generation of SF writers.""
This text helped me contextualize not only the position of the Philip K. Dick, the author of 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep,' but furthermore the position and motives of Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner. Examining their relationship to culture, the position within their respective fields and discover the implications that had on the production of Blade Runner. (Ridley's projection of what a dystopia might be)
It served as part of the foundation for the the essay. Almost as a reference for generalized motives narratives within science fiction.
It also furthered the opinion that science fiction helps to identify and narrate the ambiguities that the tech in contemporary culture holds. Its flaws and positive aspects left open for discussion.
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