...This chapter explores the question of consciousness as a transferrable or reproducible attribute from the perspective of Gotthard Günther. In 1953, Günther published an article in the pulp science fiction magazine Startling Stories titled “Can Mechanical Brains Have Consciousness...

... Fiction, with the emergence of magazines such as Galaxy, Startling Stories, and Fantastic, as well as authors like Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, and Frank Herbert. The book then goes on to explore the bust years of 1954–1960, followed by the renaissance...