Motif
The machine body
The recurring image of flesh fused with or replaced by machinery, gathering meaning around the human-machine boundary.
The machine body in fiction: 5 works
The iconic robot-into-human transformation fixes the image of flesh fused with machinery.
Cybernetic implants and jacked-in consoles fuse flesh with hardware throughout.
The cyborg Major's fully prosthetic body foregrounds the fusion of flesh and machine.
Organic bioport implants merge the players' bodies with the game hardware.
The protagonist's gradual transformation into an alien makes the human-nonhuman boundary literal.