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Has the label cyberpunk ever been applied to something that wasn't a dystopian nightmare? The closest I can think of is the original Dracula, a story about a g
by usrusr 9y ago
Has the label cyberpunk ever been applied to something that wasn't a dystopian nightmare?
The closest I can think of is the original Dracula, a story about a group of young, tech savvy people using all the latest gadgets, networks and information technology to fight off a threat to the urbanized world. But that is not often identified as cyberpunk and what it lacks in dystopia it certainly makes up in nightmare.
- arcanus 9y agoInteresting! A steampunk Dracula with precisely those themes would be fantastic.
- usrusr 9y agoRead the book with an open eye for all the ways the human protagonists are empowered by the latest in contemporary high tech. They are only winning because of cutting edge (at the time) information technology: shorthand, the telegraph network, wax cylinder audio recordings, expert application of knowledge about train schedules. (And souped up steamboats) It already has everything that steampunk can be, except for the subtext of condescending mockery that often happens when current writers look at the historical technology.