Me and Robots

"Magical-realism as a genre of contemporary literature, I think....is very much a product of globalization. There is a sense of conflict between traditions and globalizing forces, at the very least, a juxtaposition between the old and new and a mandate to blend the two....not only in terms of identity, but also consciousness.....and one can think of the magic and folklore as a kind of consciousness that in magical-realism coexist with the mundane, everyday materialistic world..."

"Um...but what does that have to do with robots?"

--Mike and I, discussing his paper for a Lit A course; I'm the long-winded one. Damn those robots.