Comments on: what i see – cyberpunk | science fiction writing http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/2009/09/14/draft-what-i-see-cyberpunk-science-fiction-writing/ Just another P2PU Blogs weblog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: davidwiley http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/2009/09/14/draft-what-i-see-cyberpunk-science-fiction-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-46 davidwiley Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:53:12 +0000 http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/?p=93#comment-46 While we tend to think of the fabricated reality that we plug into as being a medium-future phenomenon, aren't we already there? People who fall over dead playing World of Warcraft because they're unable to unplug, for example. Is the only difference between today and tomorrow the social acceptability of being plugged-in? While we tend to think of the fabricated reality that we plug into as being a medium-future phenomenon, aren’t we already there? People who fall over dead playing World of Warcraft because they’re unable to unplug, for example. Is the only difference between today and tomorrow the social acceptability of being plugged-in?

]]> By: brian http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/2009/09/14/draft-what-i-see-cyberpunk-science-fiction-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-33 brian Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:15:31 +0000 http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/?p=93#comment-33 thx so much for the great comments! this assignment challenged me .... the thing i am ... perhaps ... obsessed with is the notion that this .alt world of dick's is simply the entirley logical byproduct of living in southern california too long :) it's hard for anyone to begin to generate a complete list of the layers of story in this one ridiculously titled work, right? my god, mercerism! how perfect! envy. depression. love. drug addled. techno emotion. animal rights. post apocalyptic worlds. codpieces! i was telling an aquaintance that the reason i loved blade runner, even though it was a very different telling of dick's story, is that it created a post apocalyptic world i might want to live in :) ... seriously, what a genius for identifying timeless challenges in an obscure but familiar world, our own loving, deteriorating earth ... thx so much for the great comments! this assignment challenged me …. the thing i am … perhaps … obsessed with is the notion that this .alt world of dick’s is simply the entirley logical byproduct of living in southern california too long :) it’s hard for anyone to begin to generate a complete list of the layers of story in this one ridiculously titled work, right?

my god, mercerism! how perfect! envy. depression. love. drug addled. techno emotion. animal rights. post apocalyptic worlds. codpieces! i was telling an aquaintance that the reason i loved blade runner, even though it was a very different telling of dick’s story, is that it created a post apocalyptic world i might want to live in :) … seriously, what a genius for identifying timeless challenges in an obscure but familiar world, our own loving, deteriorating earth …

]]> By: Nadeem Shabir http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/2009/09/14/draft-what-i-see-cyberpunk-science-fiction-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Nadeem Shabir Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:02:38 +0000 http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/?p=93#comment-31 Really like this essay ,and I also agree that questions around 'what is reality' are one of the most interesting themes in Cyberpunk, in fact its been recurring theme throughout literary history you can go back as far as Plato's Allegory of the Cave which was probably the pre-cursor to what Descartes wrote in his Meditations on First Philosophy - which eventually translated into the thought experiment we refer to these days as 'The Brain in the Vat', which itself was captured so beautifully in the original Matrix film. Its one of those themes that always seems to excite me :p Really like this essay ,and I also agree that questions around ‘what is reality’ are one of the most interesting themes in Cyberpunk, in fact its been recurring theme throughout literary history you can go back as far as Plato’s Allegory of the Cave which was probably the pre-cursor to what Descartes wrote in his Meditations on First Philosophy – which eventually translated into the thought experiment we refer to these days as ‘The Brain in the Vat’, which itself was captured so beautifully in the original Matrix film. Its one of those themes that always seems to excite me :p

]]> By: alexapaultre http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/2009/09/14/draft-what-i-see-cyberpunk-science-fiction-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-23 alexapaultre Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:51:31 +0000 http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/?p=93#comment-23 I think that personal experience of Cyberpunk authors do leave an impression on their works. A german Cyberpunk author who grew up in germany during the cold war has broached the issue of anxiety towards a omnious future in his novels. I think that personal experience of Cyberpunk authors do leave an impression on their works. A german Cyberpunk author who grew up in germany during the cold war has broached the issue of anxiety towards a omnious future in his novels.

]]> By: James Stephenson http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/2009/09/14/draft-what-i-see-cyberpunk-science-fiction-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-21 James Stephenson Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:13:05 +0000 http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/?p=93#comment-21 Some famous writer (I can't remember who) once said something to the effect that Science Fiction writers don't really write about the future; they write about the present. In my humble opinion we don't need hyper-powerful computers or other futuristic technologies to fabricate reality. Current day politicians and corporations do that just fine. Some famous writer (I can’t remember who) once said something to the effect that Science Fiction writers don’t really write about the future; they write about the present. In my humble opinion we don’t need hyper-powerful computers or other futuristic technologies to fabricate reality. Current day politicians and corporations do that just fine.

]]> By: rebeccakahn http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/2009/09/14/draft-what-i-see-cyberpunk-science-fiction-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-13 rebeccakahn Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:12:02 +0000 http://blogs.p2pu.org/cyberpunk/?p=93#comment-13 I think the theme of the fabricated reality, which people plug into either willingly or unwillingly, and the people (or machines) who create these realities are one of the most interesting features of cyberpunk. And I agree, the cyberpunk framework is just so phenomenally cool... I think the theme of the fabricated reality, which people plug into either willingly or unwillingly, and the people (or machines) who create these realities are one of the most interesting features of cyberpunk. And I agree, the cyberpunk framework is just so phenomenally cool…

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