Papers by Charlotte Rogers
A review of Alastair Reynolds' science fiction novella Slow Bullets, discussing the political and... more A review of Alastair Reynolds' science fiction novella Slow Bullets, discussing the political and technological inferences of the text on a modern world.
Alena Graedon's debut novel 'The Word Exchange' depicts a grimy, posthuman existence. A reliance ... more Alena Graedon's debut novel 'The Word Exchange' depicts a grimy, posthuman existence. A reliance on technology has pushed mankind to its limits, and protagonist Anana is the one to investigate the matter.
This paper explores Graedon's symbiotic America, how man and machine are becoming one and the same, and whether this novel is out-and-out fiction, or whether it inevitably predicts our own techno-future.
An investigation into B.S. Johnson's seminal experimental work 'The Unfortunates', and how the em... more An investigation into B.S. Johnson's seminal experimental work 'The Unfortunates', and how the employment of a storyline concerned with illness interacts with the purposefully disordered narrative structure, and how each element enhances the novel's impact on the reader.
This paper deconstructs how Roberts uses language within his novel to explore the moral landscape... more This paper deconstructs how Roberts uses language within his novel to explore the moral landscape of animal slaughter for food. A law imposed upon Britain to outlaw the killing of artificially sentient animals rips the social structure of the country apart, and this paper questions how far the novel allows for both sides of the 'meat is murder' argument.
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Papers by Charlotte Rogers
This paper explores Graedon's symbiotic America, how man and machine are becoming one and the same, and whether this novel is out-and-out fiction, or whether it inevitably predicts our own techno-future.
This paper explores Graedon's symbiotic America, how man and machine are becoming one and the same, and whether this novel is out-and-out fiction, or whether it inevitably predicts our own techno-future.