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   Message 692 of 2,235   
   Omixochitl to alias   
   Re: Cyberpunk is dead?   
   08 Dec 03 02:55:14   
   
   From: Omixochitl2002@yahoo.com   
      
   alias  wrote in   
   news:slrnbt7oej.3a9.alias.remove@god-eater.no-ip.com:   
      
   > i think alot of the reason cyberpunk is dead dead dead is there is no   
   > longer that huge well of anomie to tap into.. we have all (more or less)   
   > adapted to the tech that surrounds us.. PC's are no longer revolutionary   
   > thier just there.. ubiquitous and unalarming..   
      
   Ah, but the tech that surrounds *us* need not be the tech that surrounds a   
   story's characters in order for the story to be CP.  :)  If cyberpunk-story   
   tech is now just everyday life then where's my Primer*?   
      
      
      
      
   * yes, I know I'm too old for the curriculum, but having all your textbooks   
   and reference books in a smartpaper binding that takes handwritten input   
   and doubles as a telescope and microscope is still too cool.  ;)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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