Traces the twin development of art and science over the twentieth century. In the author's provocative and challenging vision, art and science vie with each other for the destruction of the human form as we know it. It is aimed at those wondering where art has gone and where science is taking us.

Now, at the start of the twenty-first century, science has finally left art behind, as genetic engineers prepare to turn themselves into the worst of expressionists, with the human being the raw material for new and monstrous forms of life. "Art and Fear" is essential reading for anyone wondering where art has gone and where science is taking us.

Translator's Preface
Art and Fear: An Introduction by John Armitage
A Pitiless Art
Silence on Trial
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