Drone visions : a brief cyberpunk history of killing machines /

Reading between the frames of canonical cyberpunk texts like Blade Runner, Alien and The Terminator, 'video-game' footage of smart-bomb strikes in the Gulf War and documentary interviews with cubicle warriors who call their long-distance kills 'bugsplats,' Yehya tracks the predat...

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Main Author: Yehya, Naief, 1963- (Author, Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Hyperbole Books, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:Reading between the frames of canonical cyberpunk texts like Blade Runner, Alien and The Terminator, 'video-game' footage of smart-bomb strikes in the Gulf War and documentary interviews with cubicle warriors who call their long-distance kills 'bugsplats,' Yehya tracks the predatory technologies that have stalked us in our dreams ever since Frankenstein.
Physical Description:152 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 152).
ISBN:9781938537783
1938537785