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Book: Erik Davis 1 Jan 1998
Techgnosis
Myth, Magic & Mysticism in the Age of Information
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Davis
Techgnosis
False gods born from oceans of silicon, whispering cabalistic secrets while battling ancient and not-so-ancient philosophers bleeding demented words of light... Satanic machines faxing amongst...
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Book: Keith Ansell Pearson 1 Jan 1999
Germinal Life
The Difference and Repetition of Deleuze
A sequel to the highly successful Viroid Life. Where Viroid Life provided a compelling reading of Nietzsche's philosophy of the human, Germinal Life is an original and groundbreaking analysis of...
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Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#2 Geert Lovink 1 Jan 1993
Rucker, Sirius, Mu
Rudy Rucker, R.U. Sirius & queen Mu, Mondo 2000 A user's guide to the new guide, HarperCollins, New York 1992
For fans who have read their old issues of Mondo 2000 to pieces, now there is a definitive Mondo book. The user guide is a small miracle of creative cut-and-paste work.
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Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#2 Geert Lovink 1 Jan 1993
Rötzer, Weibel
Florian Rötzer & Peter Weibel, Strategien de Scheins Kunst Computer Medien, Klaus Boer Verlag, München 1991
This collection might be called a good sequel to Rötzer's Digitaler Schein (see Mediamatic 6#4). Strategien des Scheins contains edited lectures from the congress held on the occasion of the opening...
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Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#1 Ger Peeters 1 Jan 1992
Mulder
Arjen Mulder, Het buitenmediale, Perdu Amsterdam 1991
Al lezend in het Buitenmediale van Arjen Mulder moet ik aan een ooit op een andere plek gelezen anekdote denken. Daarin wordt het verhaal verteld van een toerist die de toppen van de bergen wil...
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Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#2 Geert Lovink 1 Jan 1993
Woolley
Benjamin Woolley, Virtual Worlds: A Journey in Hype and Hyperreality, Oxford UK & Cambridge USA 1992
Those who are made physically ill by hippies like Leary, Lanier and Barlow, who are interested in virtual reality but want to keep a cool head, can now turn to the civilized Benjamin Woolley.
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Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#1 Sonja Snoek 1 Jan 1992
Adriaansens
Alex Adriaansens, Book for the Unstable Media, Stichting V2 Rotterdam 1992
The technology question, the one which addresses the influence of the new technologies on perception and world view, is one which constantly comes up. Not only because of the advent of the new media
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Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#1 Richard Wright 1 Jan 1992
Laurel
Brenda Laurel, Computers as Theatre, Addison Wesley Publishing Company Incorporated Boston MA 1993
Computers are not tools for processing data, but a medium for representing actions in which human beings participate. What started life as a way to make computers easier for people to use and evolved...
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Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#1 Lex Wouterloot 1 Jan 1992
Foley
John Patrick Foley, Pastoral Instruction 'Aetatis Novae' on Social Communications, Vatican City 1992
There can be no doubt that the Roman Catholic Church is going through a crisis. The energy Pope John Paul II displayed in visiting the most remote archdioceses contrasts sharply with the Church of...