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    5 hours ago

    I wonder how much of “the cyberpunk movement” in SF was authors getting sick and tired of “woo” psi powers etc. For me personally it really felt like a breath of fresh air.

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        5 hours ago

        Bruce Sterling is active on social media but he’s pretty forward-looking. I tried complimenting his Heavy Weather from the early 90s and get a self-deprecating dismissal.

        Early Gibson short stories are tinged with late 70s SF, not surprisingly.

        Incidentally superhero movies are current western SF/fantasy hybrids.