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not having read much cyberpunk it isn't a well defined definition random thoughts Send a noteboard - 19/04/2010 06:42:16 PM
But my loose fuzzy idea of what I consider cyberpunk is a near future dystopia where most of the science in the story is about computer networks and hackers. Big evil mega corporations run the world with gritty and depressing main characters. I have not really read that much of it but I didn’t really like what I read and I have liked almost none of the cyberpunk movies like Johnny Mnemonic or even really Matrix for that matter. The special effects in Matrix were cool but the story left a lot to be desired. I prefer more physics based scfi and while like dystopia I am not a big fan of the decayed society version.
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it is cyberpunk right? - 16/04/2010 06:35:57 PM 900 Views
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not having read much cyberpunk it isn't a well defined definition - 19/04/2010 06:42:16 PM 968 Views
Theme-wise it's fairly close to what you describe, only not boring. - 19/04/2010 08:02:16 PM 970 Views
I agree completely and I will - 19/04/2010 08:39:36 PM 874 Views
Some sort of cyberpunk, yes. - 18/04/2010 05:29:32 PM 1027 Views
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cool thanks - 19/04/2010 06:16:01 PM 937 Views
I feel there's definitely some anti-corporationism in there, but it's wildly exaggerated. *NM* - 19/04/2010 07:46:21 PM 398 Views
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