Contents
The freedom of the marionette – the faith of puppets – demiurgy and tailors’ dummies – Leopardi and the souls of machines – the return of Ligeia – the golem and the circular ruins – Solaris and our world – the revelation of Philip K. Dick – entering the Zone – Mr Weston drops a match
Roof gardens, feathers and human sacrifice – dark mirrors, hidden angels and an algorithmic prayer-wheel – human redundancy and the cyborg economy – an iron mountain and a shifting spectacle – a universal Panopticon – puppetry, conspiracy and Ouija boards – when the machine stops
3 Freedom for Über-marionettes
What science won’t tell you – ethics for puppets – gravity and the Fall