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Message no. 1
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: Bubblegum and Double Post
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 92 08:11:14 CET
Hey guys, what would you call a story where:
A) the main characters are highly paid specialist who do jobs nobody
else can or want to
B) the main villian is a power mad corporation with nothing less than
world dominance on it mind
C) all are driven by personal obsessions and unique moral codes
D) use high technology to get the job done
E) use violence as the perferred mode of problem solving to

I call it cyberpunk. I also call it Bubblegum Crisis. So the characters use
battlesuits instead of lined coats and SMGs. Cyberpunk is not the substance of
the story its the style.
Please understand that I'm not angry with your opinions. I just think its a
great series that deserves the label "Cyberpunk."

See Ya in Shadows,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker

P.S. Thanks for reponding to my double post. For some strange reason both of
them were sitting right before your messages. Something stange is going on
in the Matrix.
Message no. 2
From: jlkim%sdcc3.ucsd.edu@****.BITNET
Subject: Re: Bubblegum and Double Post
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 92 15:02:58 -0800
> I call it cyberpunk. I also call it Bubblegum Crisis. So the characters use

>battlesuits instead of lined coats and SMGs. Cyberpunk is not the substance of

>the story its the style.
> Please understand that I'm not angry with your opinions. I just think its a
>great series that deserves the label "Cyberpunk."
>
> See Ya in Shadows,
> Jason J Carter
> The Nightstalker
>

I guess that, for me, BGC never came across with the edge that
makes cyberpunk cyberpunk. I generally place it in the same genre as Alien
or Aliens-grimy, dirty, really unpleasant, future. IMHO

Justin
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Justin Kim jlkim@****.edu
Graduate School of International Relations/ Pacific Studies
University of California-San Diego
"Any monkey can be trained to operate a computer"-Chalmers Johnson

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