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   Message 677 of 2,235   
   Omixochitl to Kevin Calder   
   Re: Neuromancer and the education system   
   06 Dec 03 20:12:00   
   
   From: Omixochitl2002@yahoo.com   
      
   Kevin Calder  wrote in news:4qR7a5jBUc0   
   $Ewhr@cableinet.co.uk:   
      
   > The thing you (and some other posters in this thread) have to realise is   
   > that there are lots of sets of criteria for judging the worth of   
   > literary texts and the English Lit. institution, being fairly well   
   > established comes with its own predetermined set.  The way that most   
   > English Lit. degree courses approach literature will probably involve   
   > favouring BNW over N.   
   >   
   > If you don't like the way the academic institutions approach literature,   
   > and aren't willing to get into it, then stay away from academia!   
      
   What about professors who enjoy cyberpunk themselves (like one of mine),   
   who sometimes include _Neuromancer_ in Science Fiction courses (like   
   another one of mine, and who teach entire Cyberpunk courses (like I've seen   
   a few at other schools do)?  :)   
      
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