4 ms·
Going back to Gibson's Neuromancer 10 years before 'Snow Crash' is also eerie: "He stepped out of the way to let a dark-suited sarariman by, spotting the Mitsu
by sireat 8y ago
Going back to Gibson's Neuromancer 10 years before 'Snow Crash' is also eerie:
"He stepped out of the way to let a dark-suited
sarariman by, spotting the Mitsubishi-Genentech logo tattooed across the back of the
man's right hand.
Was it authentic? If that's for real, he thought, he's in for trouble. If it wasn't, served him
right. M-G employees above a certain level were implanted with advanced
microprocessors that monitored mutagen levels in the bloodstream. Gear like that would
get you rolled in Night City, rolled straight into a black clinic."
- pjc50 8y ago"Cyber-" as in cyberpunk comes from cybernetics: control systems. A key theme in cyberpunk is control and means of escaping or disrupting it. Both of which might be physical violence, chemical (qv Case, or the salaryman), informational, or psychological.