I stumbled across this tidbit just a few minutes ago, shared in a group I’m part of on Facebook. The question, “Is Frankenstein Really Science Fiction?” I’ll get back there. First a quick detour. It is an oddity of my professional and education journey that I have a Master’s degree in Rhetoric and Technical Communication. …
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Thinking About Cyberpunk: Shotgun Introduction
I’ve been inspired lately to write about cyberpunk. For me, cyberpunk is usually Shadowrun, but I think I want to write about cyberpunk more generally. I thought about starting with my shadowrun “mood board” but I realized that no one would ever take me seriously again so instead I’m starting with a random shotgun blast …
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Punk
Yesterday, I read a piece on Slate asking the question, "Why can't we move past Cyberpunk?" It was an interesting read, primarily for the rabbit hole the author goes down in exploring (or, at least mentioning) the dozens of sub-, sub-, genres adopting names with the -punk appellation. Some of them were known to me, …
The Rhetorical Gamer 