Post #1699507

2026-03-11 15:08 UTC

@roadskater @goatrodeo @BoredomFestival I read a critic's take on one of Gibson's later books, in which the critic asserted that cyberpunk, like newspapers, is writing for the now, with no consideration for how it might age at all. I don't like the idea but I haven't been able to fault it, either.

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@davidgerard@circumstances.run 2026-03-12 09:40

@WesternInfidels @roadskater @goatrodeo @BoredomFestival that's all science fiction, it's always about the present

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@not2b@sfba.social 2026-03-15 03:21

@WesternInfidels @roadskater @goatrodeo @BoredomFestival I think Gibson would agree with that. He famously said that the future is here, it is just unevenly distributed. He was really writing about the edges of what was currently happening.

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@Mushi@col.social 2026-03-17 13:16

@goatrodeo @roadskater @WesternInfidels @BoredomFestival I mean, that's a take from someone that a) hasn't participated in the dialogue that science fiction has been in since the 50s (see herbert, bradbury, etc. ) and b) didn't actually listen to Gibson when he said that he was doing that exact thing for the bigend trilogy: cyberpunk is now the present he said

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