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"Half cyberpunk anthology, half critical and philosophical discussion, all interesting.
Reading literary criticism from the early 90s about an 80's sci-fi movement may sound like omphaloskepsis, but as we (culturally) have moved into a thoroughly cyberpunk future it's an extremely useful lens through which to view concepts that have gone from high fiction to everyday interactions." — Jul 31, 2024 09:34AM
"Half cyberpunk anthology, half critical and philosophical discussion, all interesting.
Reading literary criticism from the early 90s about an 80's sci-fi movement may sound like omphaloskepsis, but as we (culturally) have moved into a thoroughly cyberpunk future it's an extremely useful lens through which to view concepts that have gone from high fiction to everyday interactions." — Jul 31, 2024 09:34AM
She wasn’t under any obligation to be polite to someone who thought she was his next victim.
The dissection of horror tropes through the eyes of women is a recurring theme in the book. I can kind of imagine reader's yelling "YES! THIS!" at multiple points in the story where Red flatly refuses to play to a stereotype.
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“And she thought: don’t trust love unless you can see what it costs the lover.”
― The Weight of Ink
― The Weight of Ink
“Demagoguery is powerfully reduced when it stops getting people elected, and that usually happens because of in-group policing. Similarly, when it isn't profitable for a media outlet to engage in demagoguery, it won't, and that happens when its target market declines to put up with it. Individual demagogues are best stopped by in-group condemnation, and particular strains of demagoguery are generally ended by public shaming.”
― Demagoguery and Democracy
― Demagoguery and Democracy
“That's the funny thing about life. Extraordinary things can happen to ordinary people like you and me, but only if we open ourselves up enough to let them.”
― All the Lonely People
― All the Lonely People
“Like other diseases that arouse feelings of shame, AIDS is often a secret, but not from the patient. A cancer diagnosis was frequently concealed from patients by their families; an AIDS diagnosis is at least as often concealed from their families by patients.”
― AIDS and Its Metaphors
― AIDS and Its Metaphors
“Once I started telling the truth, it was hard to stop.”
― Exit Strategy
― Exit Strategy
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