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Cyberpunk feels increasingly comedic and dated to me. My catchphrase for the past couple of years has been “This (is/is not) the cyberpunk dystopia I was promis
by egypturnash 9y ago
Cyberpunk feels increasingly comedic and dated to me. My catchphrase for the past couple of years has been “This (is/is not) the cyberpunk dystopia I was promised”.
- linksnapzz 9y agoTomorrow isn't what Yesterday told me it would be... If a cynic is just a disappointed idealist, then we might look at the cyberpunk of the '70s/'80s/'90s/today as the cynical reaction to the idealism of the jet-age future of '50s & '60s speculative fiction. I can't read the article, did they find something idealistic in the speculative fiction of the last few years to feel cynical about? Or is this a new coat of rust slathered over the old Gibsonian grit?
- egypturnash 9y agoWell Gibson's short story "The Gernsback Continuum" is pretty much a middle finger to the SF of, like, 1910-1930. I wonder if there’s anyone writing something similar directed st 80s SF trends? And mostly the article is someone who just discovered ~~CYBERPUNK~~ saying a few big Hollywood sequels/remakes are A Cyberpunk Renaissance. It’s pretty clear they’ve never read a single book, just movies and manga.
- Jach 9y agoI've been saying the same thing too... At least synth music is more popular again... I'd much rather have an oppressive era of synth based music than another oppressive era of wubstep.