BrainFi Gets in Your Head

These posts cover my recaps and reactions to books in the science-fiction sub-genre of BrainFi. There is a lot of sci-fi out there about psychics, mind control, wireheading and etc. Sci-fi about brains and consciousness. These are novels that grapple with consciousness, intelligence and the limits of identity, all of which has become especially salient now in our new age of commodified intelligence.

1. BrainFi, the list.
2. In 1947, Murray Leinster put on his thinking cap — 'The Brain Stealers,' by Murray Leinster
3. Has humanity always been destined to join the Borg? — 'Childhood's End' by Arthur C. Clarke
4. The mad scientist ruse — 'The Electric Forest' by Tanith Lee
5. It's so easy to switch — 'Biting the Sun' by Tanith Lee
6. A nice mental jaunt — 'The Stars My Destination' By Alfred Bester
7. Wire up, lock in — 'Mindkiller' by Spider Robinson