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   Message 1,966 of 2,235   
   Sourcerer to Matt Harmon   
   Re: What might have happened...   
   06 Dec 10 16:51:26   
   
   From: vagans@enki.eanna.net   
      
   Matt Harmon  wrote:   
   > The irony of course is that what was intended as farce has, in some   
   > cases, become reality. Phillip K. Dick's work and his recurrent theme of   
   > what is the nature of identity and reality comes to mind, particularly   
   > when we look at news networks - though I don't know if people would   
   > consider him a cyberpunk.   
      
      
   Mulling it over, it is PKD's focus on information that brings him to the   
   attention of cyberpunk and how one knows what one knows and the   
   'trueness' of it.   
      
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