it shows a totally new setting world. It also includes every single detail you may want from a science fiction novel. Through the book we can see what the future might be like. Actually, after reading this novel, I am really afraid that one day technology may become so advanced, and computers may possibly control our world. If this actually happened in modern day, we can live as long as we want, but what is the meaning of our life? In the novel, drugs become the meaning of living, and almost everyone
but the push button finger.” In William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer, Joseph Kolinski’s film Tron and, and Rohan Silva’s article “I human: how to survive the rise of robots More middle-class jobs are being taken over by machines and software, but there is no need to despair”, technology is taking over. Advanced technology is causing humanity to lose certain aspects that make them human. In all three sources, the loss of identity is due to the presence of technology. In the novel, people in the society
While not a prerequisite, most Sci-Fi works are set in the future. This opens endless possibilities for authors to imagine different worlds and different technologies that condition social, economic, political, and even cultural dynamics. Setting stories in the future denies audiences the possibility of dismissing any of the elements included in the narrative. It is impossible to dismiss or deny the possibility
video. Then you eat video. Then you be video.” (Evans, Cadigan 588) The whole setting is designed to distract people from reality, to make them believe that what they see on the screen is worth being glorified. This story represents the virtual technology, its cultural forms and the role of