Perdido Street Plant Book Report

In my network I addressed how groups of books were related to each other through the theme of science and I also hinted at the fact that each one was related to a made up character reflecting Perdido Street Station. This complex network looks at how over time science fiction has changed not only to reflect our society but to also help us look at the world differently. I attached groups of books to many different areas of a hybrid character; defining what each area meant. Each of the books in my network can be tied to different parts in Perdido Street Station which is why I chose it to be the central book.
The head which usually symbolizes knowledge and rationality was instead attached to the science fiction idea of dreamers and questioning. …show more content…
Science is taken through the process of trying to solve societal problems and in the process stumbles through and does not quite fix them. In Perdido Street Station science stumbles when one of the Slake Months end up in Isaacs’s lab. In the pursuit of gaining knowledge on the theory of flight the moth escapes, and unleashes the rest of the Slake Moths upon the city. Vermishank states, “If you hadn’t stolen one of them in the first place, it would never have escaped, and it would have never freed it fellows-which is what must have happened, you realize-and think of how many innocent people would have lived.” (2000, Pg. 327) When man is faced with a problem in society he tinkers and tries to solve problems through science, but most often they end up making things worse for themselves. A lot of externalities occur when science stumbles and man can only learn through trial and error. In Isaacs’s case he will have to live with the guilt of setting loose a monster upon the city. In Soulless a secret society called the Hypocras Club uses science and technology in order to solve the supernatural threat, but fails. Siemons, the head scientist, is fueled through his scientific curiosity of Alexia’s powers; but he makes the mistake of letting Lord Maccon loose. Siemons Automaton fails to bring down the werewolf when his forehead is wiped clean. Science stumbles for the Hypocras Club only because it failed to level the playing field between the supernatural and the normal humans. In Dawn the Oankali uses their superior technology in order travel across worlds and diversify their genetic material. Technology and science has become a part of their evolutionary process; they have become one with science. In regards to the humans technology has stumbled for them as they ended up being tossed into an apocalyptic world. Nuclear bombs were designed only to be used as protection; not to ever be used on each other. But