Cyborg and Body Without Organs:Body Writing in Philip Dick's Science Fiction Dr.Bloodmoney
Dr.Bloodmoney is a unique novel written by Philip Dick,a famous American science fiction writer.In the background of post-God and post-nuclear era,morbid and abnormal bodies can be seen everywhere,reflecting the morbidness of deformed society.The novel focuses on Cyborg′s body and the body without organs.The human-machine Cyborg represents the union of man and technology,which can easily create a mythical order that replaces God.In the novel,there are people who use technology as a tool to pursue self-deification and personal power,and eventually alienating themselves into Other and becoming the desire-machine.There are also people who use technology to spread hope to mankind,reflecting the openness of Cyborg,but still characterized by the deification of human enchantment.The body without organs escapes from the mythological order,which is open and generative,and offers the hope of transforming the real world into the potential one.
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