This work focuses on four novels by the American author Richard Powers that explore the tangled
relations be tween the scientific technological cognitive and civilizational aspects of
contemporary life. These novels-Galatea 2.2 Plowing the Dark The Echo Maker and Generosity:
An Enhancement-reveal complex structural elements highlighting interconnectedness between
various interdisciplines.This study reveals how interdisciplinarity is necessary for the
evolution of writing while it identifies modes of artificial evolution in Powers' novels.
Three prominent types of artificial evolution are addressed: human genome engineering brain
malleability and artificial intelligence. The book tackles civilizational dynamics in the
light of clashes of groups with the same identity as well as terrorism and wars. It examines
artistic evolution through iconoclash interweaving virtual environment CAVE- architecture-
and scripture-like structures. By exploring these aspects the novels' interdisciplinary
structures become visible. This book shows that the interdisciplinary novel is liquescent and
multiplanar. Its narrative structures are imprinted with superimposed cross-cultural and
interdisciplinary strata. These establish not only interconnections but also evolutionary
exponential trends.The book includes a conversation with Richard Powers.
