Abstract
A reading of novel Turing’s Delirium (2003) as an esthetic evaluation of the character of neoliberal totalitarian democracies and their relationship to technology. An analysis of how Paz Soldán updates reflections on the struggle between the powerful and the oppressed in a new battlefield set in a Virtual World. Turing’s Delirium is compared to Paz’s previous novel, Digital Dreams (2000). Viewpoints, bar none, present different approaches without ever arriving at the same conclusion. While in the previous novel State control is total, the most recent work shows some leaks. Though limited, the utopian gesture is present in Turing’s Delirium. Society, as portrayed, is not only post-democratic but has also turned paranoid.
Keywords
era of information; totalitarianism; hacker; realistic novel; hyperfiction; dystopia