"Metal Gear Solid 4 and Metal Gear Rising have to do with this, although they're more cyberpunk. Neouromancer too! Cyberpunk I believe has a lot more body horror in it. Most of the time, it's cleaner. You could always use this as an example…"
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Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
Started this discussion. Last reply by Evan O'Connor Apr 20. 29 Replies 0 Likes
Hi All, I'm currently doing an MA in Creative Writing and I'm writing my academic dissertation on Steampunk. Specifically, on the cyborg-type horror elements, the fusion of man and machine. Of…Continue
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Noel Bagwell replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"We are the Borg. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."
Camryn Forrest replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"This may not be steampunk, but I would at least mention 2001: Space Odyssey because of HAL's movement toward independent intelligence. It was a novel by Arthur C. Clarke before it was a film.
wikipedia's entry for Cyborg includes a number…"
Heather Albano replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"You said literature and not film, so mentioning Darth Vader isn't helpful - but it's worth noting that Obi Wan's condemnation of him in A New Hope is not "he's a mass-murdering psychopath," but "he is more machine…"
Heather Albano replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"What a fantastic book - fabulously-maintained, genuinely creepy atmosphere all the way through. I could practically feel the coal dust on my fingers and in my lungs."
C. P. Brooks replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"I am not sure if this reply is too late to be of any use, but read the short story The House of Gears by Jonathan L. Howard (you can find it online at Fantasy Magazine). There is a grotesque little man (Samhet) in that story, one…"
Kat Sheridan replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"Have you read The Iron Duke, by Meljean Brooks? LOTS of cyborg-esque stuff in there."
Sophie Playle replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"Yes! I saw that mentioned on another forum and have gotten my hands on it. Have started reading. REALLY interesting stuff. Many thanks."
Sophie Playle replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"Fantastic - thanks!"
Sophie Playle replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"Thanks, Neon, I've started that one. Nearly finished 'The Wind-up Girl' which I'm LOVING."
Neon Suntan replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"
Whitechapel Gods by S M Peters, features a disease called "The Clacks" where those infected become more mechanical.
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Khem Caigan replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"And along these same lines, I also recommend:
Sympathy or the Devil: Renaissance Magic and the Ambivalence of Idolsby Wouter J. Hanegraaff@Esoteric.msu.eduExcellent discussion of the Classical practice of "ensouling statues".~ and…"
Lia Keyes replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"You might want to look at Engines of the Imagination: Renaissance Culture and the Rise of the Machine, which has several sections on automata and one on mechanical women. It's about the Renaissance, yes, but it spans mankind in general as well,…"
Ettrick replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"Philip Reeve has the Hungry City Chronicles which feature cyborg characters.
Soldiers are re-animated and fitted with replacement mechanics where the body was damaged. Not only are they physically remade, but the memory is wiped…"
Ettrick replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"This follows well here. This is a link Claudia shared with m in the Automata - Self Aware? thread.
The future is here cyborgs walk among us
To answer your question of why it's so dominant, I feel S-punk is, in the main, an…"
Khem Caigan replied to Sophie Playle's discussion Body Horror and the Fusion of Man & Machine
"The 'Eve' to Shelley's 'Adam' - some 68 years later :
Tomorrow's Eveby Villiers de L'isle Adam, 1886.(Preview @GoogleBooks)http://tinyurl.com/3f85m3mThe Future Eve@Wikipediahttp://tinyurl.com/3qj9s7z
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