Comments on: Cyberpunk and Science Fiction http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/2009/09/14/cyberpunk-and-science-fiction/ Just another P2PU Blogs weblog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: brianwilliams http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/2009/09/14/cyberpunk-and-science-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-37 brianwilliams Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:21:40 +0000 http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/?p=84#comment-37 enjoyed your essay -- i've learned much from this essay (and all the other essays as well). i think we all grasped the problem with labels intuitively, and yet we see the fun and insight that comes from describing and perhaps defending the elusive and perhaps even artificial distinctions between scie fi and cyberp ... enjoyed your essay — i’ve learned much from this essay (and all the other essays as well). i think we all grasped the problem with labels intuitively, and yet we see the fun and insight that comes from describing and perhaps defending the elusive and perhaps even artificial distinctions between scie fi and cyberp …

]]> By: Nadeem Shabir http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/2009/09/14/cyberpunk-and-science-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Nadeem Shabir Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:47:07 +0000 http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/?p=84#comment-32 "Cyberpunk is largely about the ways information and other technologies effect human interactions" I completely agree with this sentiment, technology of itself ( unless we go down the realms of AI) isn't manipulative, its how we use technologies/information that should be judged as good or bad. “Cyberpunk is largely about the ways information and other technologies effect human interactions”

I completely agree with this sentiment, technology of itself ( unless we go down the realms of AI) isn’t manipulative, its how we use technologies/information that should be judged as good or bad.

]]> By: alexapaultre http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/2009/09/14/cyberpunk-and-science-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-22 alexapaultre Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:22:21 +0000 http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/?p=84#comment-22 I think you've hit the spot about Cyberpunk technology manipulating people perfectly. I agree with you that access to all kinds of information can be a tool to help yourself or make it worse for others. Information is used to bribe people and force them to do things which they wouldn't otherwise do. It seems that information is essential for the course of action in a Cyberpunk story. I think you’ve hit the spot about Cyberpunk technology manipulating people perfectly. I agree with you that access to all kinds of information can be a tool to help yourself or make it worse for others. Information is used to bribe people and force them to do things which they wouldn’t otherwise do. It seems that information is essential for the course of action in a Cyberpunk story.

]]> By: rebeccakahn http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/2009/09/14/cyberpunk-and-science-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-14 rebeccakahn Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:16:27 +0000 http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/?p=84#comment-14 I agree with you that cyberpunk as a very definite flavour, and that it's pretty easy to spot well-written cyberpunk a mile off. But it manages, somehow, to contain within that rather prescriptive flavour, a great deal of depth and complexity. I think it's this balance of the typical and the surprising that makes cyberpunk so much fun... I agree with you that cyberpunk as a very definite flavour, and that it’s pretty easy to spot well-written cyberpunk a mile off. But it manages, somehow, to contain within that rather prescriptive flavour, a great deal of depth and complexity. I think it’s this balance of the typical and the surprising that makes cyberpunk so much fun…

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