{"product_id":"the-transhuman-antihero-paradoxical-protagonists-of-speculative-fiction-from-mary-shelley-to-richard-morgan","title":"Transhuman Antihero","description":"\u003cp\u003e   Advances in science and technology no longer change how we live, they determine it. In the not-too-distant future, techno-scientific developments may make individuals stronger, smarter, healthier and more productive--but to what end?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Addressing this question, speculative fiction has created an abundance of transhuman characters, protagonists with extraordinary strength, intelligence or abilities. Often they are antiheroes, openly rejecting--or rejected by--society and acting on immoral or extreme principles that challenge readers to approve, condemn, excuse or explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This study explores the antihero of speculative fiction as a paradoxical blend of human and transhuman. These protagonists illustrate the dynamics of individual, techno-scientific and societal norms, and blur distinctions between human and machine, biology and technology, right and wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Fictional works covered include Mary Shelley's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e (1818), Olaf Stapledon's \u003ci\u003eOdd John\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), Alfred Bester's \u003ci\u003eThe Stars My Destination\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), William Gibson's \u003ci\u003eNeuromancer\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' \u003ci\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/i\u003e (1986-1987), Richard Morgan's trilogy (\u003ci\u003eAltered Carbon\u003c\/i\u003e, 2001, \u003ci\u003eBroken Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, 2003 and \u003ci\u003eWoken Furies\u003c\/i\u003e 2005) and \u003ci\u003eBlack Man\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54182197166424,"sku":null,"price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786494057_75953e3a-ceab-4f9c-9344-23dd5d25885e.jpg?v=1765180853","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-transhuman-antihero-paradoxical-protagonists-of-speculative-fiction-from-mary-shelley-to-richard-morgan","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}