Academic essays on Richard Morgan's work?

[vanye]

My paper is an independent study. It's undergrad, but not exactly the kind of thing I'm doing in other classes. The paper is analyzing the way in which science fiction addresses corporations, looking at ideas of alienation and the other through a Lacanian literary theory lens. Part of it is looking at how society uses science fiction to deal with alienation, and part of it is using popular culture to help address Lacan's theories - the paper serves both purposes, although ostensibly it's focusing on the former. I'm currently focusing on Blade Runner, Gattaca, Ambient, and Space Merchants, and am considering Market Forces as well, although I'm not sure it will address anything that the combination of Ambient and Space Merchants doesn't already cover, and I don't want to bog down in unnecessary examples.

For the role of corporations in Science Fiction you might also want to consider Margaret Atwood's Oryx And Crake. I felt that while it lacks the hilarity of Market Forces, it makes up for that in thoughtfulness. And it does not feel as dated as Space Merchants.

If you're interested in theory on alienation, the postcolonial crowd might appeal to you: e.g. David Richards (Masks Of Difference) or Homi K. Bhabha (ed., Nation And Narration).

Anyway, if we could get back to the topic at hand, that would be good as this has gone a little too much of course for my liking.

I hope, this is heading in the right direction at least ...

 

[paradoxical]

You're reading the wrong user's post. Plus, the foundation of this post is pretty clearly indicated in the topic heading.

 

[vanye]

You're reading the wrong user's post. Plus, the foundation of this post is pretty clearly indicated in the topic heading.

Hm, I think that at least Richards might be of interest in your reading of Morgan's Kovacs series, as well. But of course you're right that it does not strictly relate to the topic of this thread. And I admit that my main intention was to help out an undergraduate rather than answering your original questions. So apologies for straying.

 

[paradoxical]

Richards? Richards' what?

 

[Jo Zebedee]

If you're interested in theory on alienation, the postcolonial crowd might appeal to you: e.g. David Richards (Masks Of Difference) or Homi K. Bhabha (ed., Nation And Narration).

I think he is referencing the above post.