for what it's worth, my rabbit trail into theory began with trying to think through the implications of Calvino's Invisible Cities
Theory-fiction is not only the intersection of theory and fiction, but the “dissolution of the opposition itself” (Fisher 1999, p 156). Theory is torn down from its pedestal, the real power of fiction is affirmed, and both are released from the high forms of the academy.pic.twitter.com/sO8ZHRmBjx
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I actually had a similar trajectory! Calvino was something of a eye-opener, although I was already set on the path by the new wave SF I read as a teenager.
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My hot take for today: Cronenberg is Theory Fiction.
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Fisher does refer to Videodrome! -- and Toy Story, of all things.
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Cronenberg's 'Crimes of the Future' is essentially a silent film, with only long narrations. It's very reminiscent of Burroughs, detailing strange factions in a future where a mad scientist has killed all women through poisoned makeup. Kind of a proto-Videodrome with no sfx.
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It reminds me a lot of CCRU theory fiction stuff like Lemurian Time War.
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