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A list of movies and books based on transhumanity.
Updated : Nov 21, 2013, 01:44 PM IST
Books:
Singularities:
Technoculture, Transhumanism and Science Fiction in the 21st Century by Joshua Raulerson
Our Posthuman Frontier:
Transhumanism, Human Purpose and Our Future Evolution by Ted Chu.
The Transhumanist's Wager by Zoltan Istvan.
The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil.
Engines of Creation by Eric Drexler.
Creation:
How Science is Reinventing Life Itself by Adam Rutherford.
The Transhumanist Reader by Max More and Natasha Vita-More.
Beyond Human:
Science and the Changing Face of Humanity by John Bryant.
Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmare by Maxwell J. Mehlman.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
Movies:
Frankenstein: Is about an eccentric scientist who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
Blade Runner: The film was set in a dystopian Los Angeles and features genetically engineered organic robots.
Star Trek: the villain was the creation of transhumanist genetic engineering gone bad.
A Space Odyssey: realistic descriptions of space and touches upon the relationship between sentient AI and its human masters.
Metropolis: A science fiction film it was set in a futuristic urban dystopia,
The Terminator: Brought to light the challenge of cyborgs becoming stronger than humans and waging war against them.
Limitless: was about increasing the brain's ability through a "smart drug."