From: ghostGARBAGE@bitstreamnetMOREGARBAGE.com   
      
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    Ross Winn  wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  ghost  wrote:   
   >   
   > > thpptt!!   
   > >   
   > > considering the genre was started by writers just writing stuff to begin   
   > > with ... maybe instead of looking to actively update the genre into   
   > > anything see what people are writing in regards to the genre ... with a   
   > > new style or old ... and go where that takes you.   
   > >   
   > > The point is ... why the fuck are we "updating" it?? sounds like   
   > > something a 15 yr old who wants to look cool does.   
   >   
   > Did you even read the original post? My point, thesis, or supposition,   
   > was that cyberpunk was a product of specific socio-cultural ideas that   
   > could not (by definition) be updated.   
   >   
   > I was simply asking for reasoned commentary on the idea, not invective.   
      
   I read it ... but really wasn't paying attention.   
      
   I don't think updated is the right term... no genre can be updated.   
      
   They can, however, mutate into something new, or different, or just   
   multiple somethings.   
      
      
   ghost   
      
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