Author(s): Dr. Reny Skaria

Abstract: This article explores the concept of Rhizome and maps the various heterogeneous assemblages it can initiate when used as a perspective in Posthuman discussions. Neal Stephen’s cyberpunk novel Snow Crash uses intensive qualities like movements, affects, scans and lines as a virtual potential to define the real world. By tracing these qualities in the language of the novel and exploring its affect in the reader a posthuman way of binding the human-non-human and in human is possible.

Keywords: Rhizome. BwO. Posthuman.Cyberpunk

Article Info: Received: 22 Aug 2025; Received in revised form: 19 Sep 2025; Accepted: 21 Sep 2025; Available online: 25 Sep 2025

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.105.25