Dr. Identity
Encyclopedia
Dr. Identity is the fourth book and first novel by American
author D. Harlan Wilson
. Set in a dystopia
n, mediatized future where people surrogate
themselves with android lookalikes, the novel focuses on the foils of an English
professor
(Dr. 'Blah), his psychotic android (Dr. Identity), and their flight from the agents of the Law, especially the "Papanazi." Like much of Wilson's work, Dr. Identity is distinguished by its ultraviolence
, metanarration, and critique of media
technology
. It is the first novel in the Scikungfi Trilogy along with the forthcoming Codename Prague (2009) and The Kyoto Man (2010).
and have it teach your classes for you. But how does it reflect on your teaching skills when your doppelgänger murders the whole class? Follow the Dystopian Duo (Dr. Blah Blah Blah and his robot
Dr. Identity) on a killing spree of epic proportions through the irreal postapocalyptic city
of Bliptown where time ticks sideways, artificial Bug-Eyed Monsters punish citizens for consumer-capitalist lethargy, and ultraviolence
is as essential as a daily multivitamin.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author D. Harlan Wilson
D. Harlan Wilson
D. Harlan Wilson is an American short-story writer and novelist whose body of work has been associated with the genres of irrealism, science fiction, fantasy, horror, bizarro fiction, megalofiction, splatterpunk, absurdism, literary fiction, ultraviolence, and postmodernism...
. Set in a dystopia
Dystopia
A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian, as characterized in books like Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four...
n, mediatized future where people surrogate
Surrogacy
Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman carries and delivers a child for another couple or person. This woman may be the child's genetic mother , or she may carry the pregnancy to delivery after having an embryo, to which she has no genetic relationship whatsoever, transferred to her uterus...
themselves with android lookalikes, the novel focuses on the foils of an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
(Dr. 'Blah), his psychotic android (Dr. Identity), and their flight from the agents of the Law, especially the "Papanazi." Like much of Wilson's work, Dr. Identity is distinguished by its ultraviolence
Ultraviolence
Ultraviolence is an industrial/techno band formed in London in 1991 and headed by 'the Quentin Tarantino of techno' Johnny Violent . To date, they have released five studio albums, including a ten-year retrospective, and six EPs/singles...
, metanarration, and critique of media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
. It is the first novel in the Scikungfi Trilogy along with the forthcoming Codename Prague (2009) and The Kyoto Man (2010).
Cover Description
For a professor at Corndog University it's quite acceptable to purchase a robotic doppelgängerDoppelgänger
In fiction and folklore, a doppelgänger is a paranormal double of a living person, typically representing evil or misfortune...
and have it teach your classes for you. But how does it reflect on your teaching skills when your doppelgänger murders the whole class? Follow the Dystopian Duo (Dr. Blah Blah Blah and his robot
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
Dr. Identity) on a killing spree of epic proportions through the irreal postapocalyptic city
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
of Bliptown where time ticks sideways, artificial Bug-Eyed Monsters punish citizens for consumer-capitalist lethargy, and ultraviolence
Ultraviolence
Ultraviolence is an industrial/techno band formed in London in 1991 and headed by 'the Quentin Tarantino of techno' Johnny Violent . To date, they have released five studio albums, including a ten-year retrospective, and six EPs/singles...
is as essential as a daily multivitamin.
Table of Contents
- Dostoevsky & Lucille
- Advanced Neurorealism
- Luge
- Plaquedemics at Large
- Incognito
- Littleoldladyville, Part 1
- Achtung 66.799
- Littleoldladyville, Part 2
- The Wife-Thing & Other Minutia
- In the Hall of the Mountain Kings
- Smaug Turbo GT
- Dr. Blah Blah Blah, a Comic Book
- Cronenberg Cirque
- Schizoverse, Part 1
- Excerpt from "The Post(post)/post-post+postmodern Icklyophobe: Ultra/counter/hyper-nihilism in Fiona Birdwater's Megaanti-micronovel, The Ypsilanti Factor"
- The Briefcase
- Schizoverse, Part 2
- Dream of the Brown Lady
- Battle Royal
- Death of a Salesman
- Barracuda vs. Bogue
- Papanazi Kontrol
- Dénoument