Are you a Cyberpunk? Do you know what this word means? I wonder about these questions myself. Of course, I am, who I am. But in the past called myself a cowboy, a hippy, and a punk. Is this part of play or drama? Figure in a serious mental illness, and maybe, I don't know who I am sometimes. But being myself more these days thanks to medication, I wonder about identity. Suppose I say, "I am a Cyberpunk." and you ask me, "Well, what is a Cyberpunk?", just trying to keep yourself on level ground in talking with me. I might then say, "Your a Cyberpunk too." Along the lines of the expression, "I am a philosopher and your a philosopher too." Now your in real trouble because your not sure of what I am talking about and I am involving you in this unknown identity too. But really Cyberpunk is a creation, as I believe it to be, of Science Fiction authors and not necessarily a form of drama or identity.

Read some cyberpunk short stories I have written. There's Nand Symptom and A day in the life to read for now.

You can also buy A day in the life in hardcopy by following this link http://www.accanthology.com plus if you do that you get the stories of 17 other authors of cyberpunk. Of course you too can read and write cyberpunk on-line by visiting this newsgroup: alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo.

There is a role playing game though called Cyberpunk 2020 which I am learning to play. And it is played as a role playing game so maybe it is an identity for some.

Until films like Johnny Mnemonic and TV shows like the X-Files episode known as Kill Switch, William Gibson was just a novelist. There were a few roles for actresses, actors and robots in these films and TV but it was still not yet a form of play. Now it may be seen to be a subcultural identity, and it will remain a form of characterisation for novels and other forms of art.

Enjoy this section of the web space as I try to cover all I can in this area of science fiction.

 

This cyberpunk site last updated May 1st, 2002. Workers of the World Unite!

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