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What's your definition of "cyberpunk"? Tim Send a noteboard - 18/04/2010 08:07:02 PM
I don't really know what people mean when they use that term, but if you tell me what you understand by it, I'll try to tell you whether the book matches it.
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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - discuss Yuri - 11/04/2010 07:59:35 AM 1130 Views
Well, it was the first Stephenson book I read too... jh - 11/04/2010 10:28:42 AM 1087 Views
What jh said. Though I haven't read Diamone Age. *NM* Palatine - 11/04/2010 05:22:26 PM 407 Views
Yep. lord-of-shadow - 11/04/2010 06:48:44 PM 967 Views
I love Anathem- easily one of my Top 10 Most Enjoyed Books beetnemesis - 12/04/2010 07:33:43 PM 916 Views
I enjoyed it very much. Rebekah - 11/04/2010 11:51:23 AM 1117 Views
Yours Truly *NM* heartbreak - 12/04/2010 12:56:54 AM 431 Views
Thank you! *NM* Rebekah - 16/04/2010 07:58:46 PM 401 Views
I really want a "Poor Impulse Control" t-shirt. PhotoJim - 11/04/2010 08:04:29 PM 1007 Views
Re: I really want a "Poor Impulse Control" t-shirt. Yuri - 13/04/2010 08:22:28 AM 956 Views
Without spoiling... awesome. *NM* beetnemesis - 12/04/2010 07:32:38 PM 376 Views
Great fun to read, full of awesome ideas. Does to linguistics what Dan Brown did to history, but hey Tim - 13/04/2010 11:22:41 PM 1091 Views
He nailed Second Life, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2010 01:40:06 AM 411 Views
I guess so. And it probably won't be too long before we have gargoyles walking around. *NM* Tim - 14/04/2010 08:46:57 AM 410 Views
and google earth is modeled after the "earth" program from the book... *NM* moondog - 14/04/2010 04:42:52 PM 406 Views
it is cyberpunk right? random thoughts - 16/04/2010 06:35:57 PM 901 Views
If you mean "Is he pushing a political agenda?", absolutely not. Tim - 18/04/2010 04:27:47 PM 954 Views
I may have to put it back on to be read list then random thoughts - 18/04/2010 07:34:57 PM 966 Views
What's your definition of "cyberpunk"? Tim - 18/04/2010 08:07:02 PM 968 Views
not having read much cyberpunk it isn't a well defined definition random thoughts - 19/04/2010 06:42:16 PM 968 Views
Theme-wise it's fairly close to what you describe, only not boring. Tim - 19/04/2010 08:02:16 PM 971 Views
I agree completely and I will random thoughts - 19/04/2010 08:39:36 PM 875 Views
Some sort of cyberpunk, yes. jh - 18/04/2010 05:29:32 PM 1028 Views
It's often considered "post-cyberpunk" beetnemesis - 19/04/2010 05:23:15 PM 944 Views
cool thanks random thoughts - 19/04/2010 06:16:01 PM 939 Views
I feel there's definitely some anti-corporationism in there, but it's wildly exaggerated. *NM* Ghavrel - 19/04/2010 07:46:21 PM 398 Views
Sociological not political... like all good sci fi Yuri - 20/04/2010 08:17:21 AM 862 Views
Also: Mafia pizza deliverymen *NM* beetnemesis - 20/04/2010 08:23:00 PM 335 Views
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