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Tag Archives: Gibson

Neuromancer to Neuropunk: Science Fiction’s Disenchantment of the Mind

Patrick Whitmarsh   Human consciousness, that poor cripple, that deformed and doomed thing, is about to be born. — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow   There is a pleasing irony in composing a think-piece about the mind’s capacity for thought. The topic has fascinated philosophers for centuries, its modern vocabulary and mode of inquiry deriving from…

May 28, 2018 in Episode 14, Episodes.

Could the Climate Crisis Spell the End for the ‘Punk’ in ‘Cyberpunk’?

Anna McFarlane   In the word ‘cyberpunk’ it is that ‘punk’ suffix that gives the term its edge of anarchic cool, the successful branding of which has arguably contributed to the enduring influence of the genre. The adoption of cyberpunk’s suffix by an endless number of descendants (steampunk, dieselpunk, solarpunk, etc.) has been used to…

May 28, 2018 in Episode 14, Episodes.

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