 William Gibson, Cyberpunk and Shadowrun, Discussion Thread... |
 Dec 8 2006, 12:10 AM
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The FAQ thread was getting way too sidetracked on this topic, so I decided to try and do something by making this discussion thread. Feel free to discuss the effects William Gibson may or may not have had on Shadowrun and the Cyberpunk genre.
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Konsaki William Gibson, Cyberpunk and Shadowrun Dec 8 2006, 12:10 AM
bishop186 I played Shadowrun before I ever picked up a Willi... Dec 8 2006, 12:51 AM Jack Kain William Gibson thinks he's to shadowrun, what ... Dec 8 2006, 12:56 AM Kagetenshi Has he ever said SR owes him anything? It's be... Dec 8 2006, 01:03 AM Fortune Well, the quote is ...
QUOTE (William Gibson) SHA... Dec 8 2006, 01:17 AM BookWyrm I read Neuromancer shortly before getting into SR1... Dec 8 2006, 01:32 AM Glyph A bit more detail in this interview quote:
QUOTE ... Dec 8 2006, 01:35 AM Fortune I'm thinking phrases like "extreme revuls... Dec 8 2006, 01:43 AM mmu1 I think it's pretty clear he doesn't actua... Dec 8 2006, 01:52 AM James McMurray Honestly, who cares? Sure, he had a huge influence... Dec 8 2006, 01:54 AM knasser He's a good writer and I read a great intervie... Dec 8 2006, 02:14 AM James McMurray You edited out the munchies reference. Were you af... Dec 8 2006, 02:24 AM Dog I quite like the man's writing style, and his ... Dec 8 2006, 03:15 AM De Badd Ass Clearly, William Gibson influenced the creators of... Dec 8 2006, 03:23 AM Marmot Does it honestly really matter what Gibson thinks?... Dec 8 2006, 03:38 AM BookWyrm *applauds Marmot* Dec 8 2006, 04:57 AM De Badd Ass QUOTE (Marmot) Does it honestly really matter what... Dec 8 2006, 06:17 AM Marmot Couldn't agree with you more. And neither can... Dec 8 2006, 06:53 AM knasser QUOTE (James McMurray) You edited out the munchies... Dec 8 2006, 11:16 AM De Badd Ass Where is that door? Dec 8 2006, 04:01 PM mfb QUOTE (De Badd Ass)The truth is: Shadowrun is to C... Dec 8 2006, 07:36 PM lorechaser QUOTE (De Badd Ass @ Dec 7 2006, 10:23 PM) Ho... Dec 8 2006, 08:49 PM James McMurray QUOTE (lorechaser) So yeah, he's a guy. I thi... Dec 8 2006, 09:11 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (lorechaser) I hate dealing with the Matrix ... Dec 8 2006, 09:46 PM De Badd Ass QUOTE (Kagetenshi)QUOTE (lorechaser @ Dec 8 2... Dec 8 2006, 09:58 PM mfb at least SR4's rules for handling multiple hac... Dec 9 2006, 12:15 AM Butterblume I bought a William Gibson anthology for a very goo... Dec 9 2006, 12:17 AM Protagonist Well, from those two quotes, maybe Gibson just rea... Dec 9 2006, 01:46 AM Tanka QUOTE (James McMurray) (being the creator and all)... Dec 9 2006, 01:59 AM Dog QUOTE (Butterblume) I bought a William Gibson anth... Dec 9 2006, 02:06 AM Dog Looking back over Glyph's quote from the inter... Dec 9 2006, 02:10 AM De Badd Ass QUOTE (Butterblume) (That reminds me, I still need... Dec 9 2006, 02:58 AM mfb QUOTE (Tanka)No, Gibson did not create cyberpunk. ... Dec 9 2006, 03:18 AM Kagetenshi He wasn't that close. What he got was populari... Dec 9 2006, 04:48 AM mfb eh. it's kinda self-fulfilling, i guess--Gibso... Dec 9 2006, 06:06 AM NightmareX IMO cyberpunk is only dead if we want it to be. Dec 9 2006, 03:58 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (NightmareX) IMO cyberpunk is only dead if w... Dec 9 2006, 04:12 PM mfb i think our culture has moved past the classic cyb... Dec 9 2006, 04:58 PM MYST1C QUOTE (De Badd Ass)I thought the original uncut ve... Dec 9 2006, 08:31 PM BlueRondo QUOTE cyberpunk no longer matches our fears about ... Dec 9 2006, 08:32 PM Kagetenshi Terr'rists, China, government for the corporat... Dec 9 2006, 08:44 PM BlueRondo QUOTE and children being taught to hate God and lo... Dec 9 2006, 09:15 PM NightmareX QUOTE (Kagetenshi) You'd be hard-pressed to ma... Dec 9 2006, 09:18 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (BlueRondo)QUOTE and children being taught t... Dec 9 2006, 09:20 PM nezumi While the cyberpunk movement is over, the cyberpun... Dec 9 2006, 10:08 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (nezumi) The term "a renaissance man... Dec 9 2006, 10:19 PM nezumi "A renaissance man" refers to someone wh... Dec 9 2006, 10:56 PM Kagetenshi I'm not arguing that a Renaissance man needs t... Dec 9 2006, 11:03 PM nezumi Who defines "enough"? The definition do... Dec 9 2006, 11:17 PM Herald of Verjigorm QUOTE (nezumi) Who defines "enough"? Th... Dec 9 2006, 11:23 PM nezumi Awesome! 5 in computer(programming), lockpick... Dec 9 2006, 11:35 PM Fortune QUOTE (nezumi) Do knowledge skills count?
Of c... Dec 10 2006, 12:41 AM Lovesmasher My boss and I found some interesting stuff in the ... Dec 10 2006, 12:44 AM Fortune I thought you could get a degree in Physics almost... Dec 10 2006, 01:40 AM Kagetenshi Well, I know you can get degrees in gay porn, so I... Dec 10 2006, 01:42 AM Fortune But degrees in Etiquette are a dime a dozen. Hmm .... Dec 10 2006, 01:44 AM Kagetenshi Opera?
~J Dec 10 2006, 01:46 AM Lovesmasher QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Opera?
~J
He had, if my fr... Dec 10 2006, 01:49 AM
Fortune Well then ... don't leave us in suspense ... Dec 10 2006, 01:50 AM  |
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