I should read the book again.
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Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.
Cyberpunk characteristics include:
- Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and what it means to be human.
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This article hints at disaster. Hopefully this person only has a brief appearance as a background character.
She's plays neither Molly Millions nor Lady 3Jane, per the article, so there's hope 🤞
i think i understand the book but it took over 10 years and multiple readings and then the second time I listened to it on audiobook it all made more sense. still, some parts are just impossible to describe...
like, tell me without quoting the book, what a deck looks like
like, tell me without quoting the book, what a deck looks like
I always picture it as a boxy flat-top pc, like a smaller version of an old horizontal PC case but with keyboard and stuff on top.
Maybe the word "deck" implies that? Makes me think of vcr deck, tape deck, stuff you'd stack on top of each other in an 80's media cabinet.
According to the author, something like an apple IIc if I remember the post word in my edition correctly
Its just a portable computer the he carries on a shoulder strap. What it looks like? Forgetting that detail doesnt break the plot 🤷
I've tried to read it twice. I got further the second time but it just didn't hold my interest.
I wonder what they will choose for the firearms.