• anton
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    7 hours ago

    Cant recall if this also happened in the book.

    They certainly paid in bullets.

    I stoped reading when the vibe shifted from dystopian to fantasy, but that was probably meant to be the madness induced by the darkness and not a genuine change in setting. I should probably go find the book and keep reading.

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      4 hours ago

      Yeah it gets really weird in the end very EE (Eastern European) sf. (Which often has a bit more fantasy elements in it, compared to more western europe (ignoring psionics here, which despite being fantasy is so ingrained in our idea of SF it doesnt really feel like it) SF. Not that I mind. I read a lot of 70s SF so I found the no fantasy stance slightly odd. Also quite bleak which is also common in more EE SF I heard). I digress. The other things made more impact so I forgot if it was also in the book. Which I enjoyed so you could try going back.

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        2 hours ago

        I wonder how much of “the cyberpunk movement” in SF was authors getting sick and tired of “woo” psi powers etc. For me personally it really felt like a breath of fresh air.

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            2 hours ago

            Bruce Sterling is active on social media but he’s pretty forward-looking. I tried complimenting his Heavy Weather from the early 90s and get a self-deprecating dismissal.

            Early Gibson short stories are tinged with late 70s SF, not surprisingly.

            Incidentally superhero movies are current western SF/fantasy hybrids.