Cyberpunk Saves the Day
Just as when we were on the cusp of cyberpunk and didn’t know it, I’m hoping now for another new breed of writers, people who can craft drive-by speculations that leave us gasping with surprise.
My love of all things 80s and 90s artsy/techie of course has bred in me a fascination with the ethos of the cyberpunk. It doesn’t help that I’m also a Stephenson junkie and a Gibson supporter… Paolo Bacigalupi’s “How Cyberpunk Saved Sci-Fi” was a delightful find in the latest issue of Wired magazine. (And it’s available to read for free online now, too.)
Perhaps not too surprising since the staff at Wired’s always been on the cyberpunk bandwagon, though. Probably actually helping turn its tenets into our reality.