Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Matrix: Imagineering the world market

Bould, Mark

Abstract

This keynote address argues that sf has long been engaged in mapping - often unconsciously - the processes of globalisation and empire. It illustrates this argument with analyses of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas and the Wachowski brothers Matrix trilogy

• Presentation Conference Type: Keynote
• Conference Name: 'The Future Ain't What it Used to Be: Interactions of Past, Present and Future in Literature and Visual Media' Conference
• Start Date: Jun 17, 2009
• End Date: Jun 17, 2009
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Jules Verne, The Matrix, sf, globalisation
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/995080