Everyone Should Have Their Own Factory Catalogue Number
It is in the nature of synthesis and control to disappear into the background precisely because they actually are the background. At the centre of the book is a preoccupation with human consciousness: how it operates and how it can be operated upon, what models can be used to comprehend it and which ones can be used to manipulate it. These are still issues that affect us today; we’re just a little more aware of it now.
Andrew Stevens interviews novelist and cultural historian Ken Hollings.