From: kevin.calder@onetel.net   
      
   In message <52790288.0312181413.78831c52@posting.google.com>,   
   HowToBecomeWhatOneIs  writes   
   >Kevin Calder  wrote in message   
   >news:...   
   >> In message <52790288.0312171853.16a1d47a@posting.google.com>,   
   >> HowToBecomeWhatOneIs  writes   
   >> >In the future   
   >> >Deals heavily with computers and technology   
   >> >dark   
   >> >Society is corrupt   
   >> >drugs   
   >> >deals with lawlessness in some way   
   >> >main character is often a loner   
   >>   
   >> If you drop the first two of those youve got period detective fiction.   
   >>   
   >> What does this imply?   
   >>   
   >> zip,   
   >   
   >Some criteria are required.  In detective fiction, the main character   
   >is trying to solve a crime- something rare in CP (if at all, since in   
   >CP, the main character is usually doing something unlawfull).  So, if   
   >CP doesn't meet the 'crime-solving' criteria,   
      
   Hrm, I don't think I meant what I asked.  Cursed rhetoric.   
      
   Congratulations to those of you who answered my mistaken question   
   correctly though!   
      
   My point was that if you start trying to model genres using lists of   
   characteristics, you are going realize pretty quickly that lots of   
   genres share a relatively small number of characteristics.  And that if   
   you try to avoid this fate by making the characteristics more   
   genre-specific then you are going to run the risk of alienating   
   "anomalous" texts which are nonetheless an accepted part of the genre.   
      
   Genres are a messy business, and cyberpunk is no exception (neither are   
   adjectives in general actually).  Lets just leave it at that!   
   --   
   Kevin Calder   
      
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