Author: Roy Christopher

I marshal the middle between Mathers and McLuhan. Editor of Boogie Down Predictions (Strange Attractor, 2022), author of Dead Precedents (Repeater, 2019) and The Medium Picture (UGA Press, 2025), among others.
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My Mother Was a Computer by N. Katherine Hayles and Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling

Roy Christopher

There’s been a lot of chatter, books written, and hand-waving about the merging of humans and machines ever since the computer reared its digital head. From artificial intelligence and humanoid robots to microchip implants and uploading consciousness, the melding of biology and technology has been prophesized far and wide. Humans are indeed merging with machines,… Continue reading My Mother Was a Computer by N. Katherine Hayles and Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling

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Twentieth-Century French Philosophy: Key Themes and Thinkers

Roy Christopher

Alan D. Schrift has hereby done a great service to anyone interested in French thinkers and their thought. Twentieth-Century French Philosophy (Blackwell) chronicles the lineage, the history, and the context of all of the major thinkers and thought of France in the last hundred years. This includes a succinct chronology, brief biographies, and a lengthy… Continue reading Twentieth-Century French Philosophy: Key Themes and Thinkers