Postcyberpunk
Cyberpunk as a literary genre is generally seen as having died in the 1990's. The beginning of the decline can be traced to the late '80s, when many of the leading cyberpunk science fiction writers were declaring that the subgenre they founded had become commercialized and lost the creative edge it once had.
By then many of the superficial devices and conventions that cyberpunk started with and became defined by, had become cliched and lost their original impact.
The innovative originators of the genre seemingly abandoned the genre. For example William Gibson, the inventor of cyberspace, has mov ...more
By then many of the superficial devices and conventions that cyberpunk started with and became defined by, had become cliched and lost their original impact.
The innovative originators of the genre seemingly abandoned the genre. For example William Gibson, the inventor of cyberspace, has mov ...more
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...you think cabling is unnatural--that's what your arguments all come down to. But it's not. Not between people that really fit. Maya, do you have any idea how unlikely it is that two structures as complex as minds could be joined like that? It's like picking up two stones at random and discovering that they fit together perfectly. It isn't a coincidence, it can't be. They fit together so easily--like reuniting something that should never have been broken, filling in some ancient wound...
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― The Fortunate Fall
― The Fortunate Fall
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...as my fist drove through her ribs. Bone cracked. Shifted. The numbers in my optics hit steel-bending digits and Muerte lost her footing. My meat flagged, but the arm Orchard had fixed up and the shoulder girdle she’d strengthened didn’t.
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― Nanoshock
― Nanoshock
