From: vagans@inanna.eanna.net   
      
   In article <51f64020.0312101618.623948cd@posting.google.com>,   
   FixinDixon  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >So, bearing in mind threads on CP that have sprung up on the matter of   
   >what CP actually is, can we lay out some clear and concise   
   >definitions, or at least facts, as to what CP is and is not?   
      
      
      
   First, the issue of The Definition is rarely, if ever, raised by   
   any regular poster to this group (it is usually raised by 1) guys   
   doing their homework, 2) warez kiddies).   
      
   I don't think any regular poster here has a problem identifying   
   what is and is not cyberpunk, although there are disagreements   
   about this or that (I don't think Shockwave Rider is cp, but   
   many here do, for example).   
      
   Try this experiment: this weekend rent the movie Brainstorm. It's   
   about the invention of SimStim and cracking corporate networks by a   
   small group going up against the government, military and the corps.   
      
   I don't think there is anything cyberpunk about it. It is not   
   a cp film or story even tho' it is full of computers, networks,   
   evil establishments, cracking, and rad technology. If you agree   
   with me that it is not cp, you may discover the definition of   
   cp by the shape of its absence in Brainstorm.   
      
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