High Tech, No Unity: Why Cyberpunk’s Underdogs Rarely Win
Cyberpunk underdogs rarely lose because they lack nerve. They lose because the system keeps them divided, suspicious, and too unstable to organize.
March 2024
Unlocking the Mysteries of Liminal Fiction
What Liminal Fiction Actually Is Liminal fiction is an emerging mode of storytelling that defies traditional boundaries. It functions more like a narrative state defined by transition, uncertainty, and suspended meaning. There’s certainly a growing recognition of liminal fiction as a distinct genre, especially in contemporary literary, film, and video game circles. However, some of …
Flanderization in Cyberpunk: The Problem With Genre Memes
Enough with the flanderization of genre fiction. The explosion in ‘punk genre labels has given us an oversimplification problem. Cyberpunk, Solarpunk, Dieselpunk… it becomes a very long list. What started as a way to clarify an idea is becoming a problem for some of the things we love most about the universes we lose ourselves …
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