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    Well, might hink that stereotypes were being thrown around.  Like any
"movement", this one has it's fanatics and generalizations and finally myths.
And like most movements some people are really interested and knowledgable in
the subject, and others just need someone to hang with.  Your description
wasn't altogether wrong, but I think that you pegged the second group and a
barely stomachable cyberpunk magazine.  Really knowledgable people who are
actually following the cyberpunk movement I think you would find a little less
easy to peg except in their conversation......Cyberpunk is almost two
movements....Some think of it "literally" as a techno revival of the punk
movement, and that comes about from the dark future, rebel character books
writing by people like William Gibson, but the movement reaqlly has mnore to do
with VR technology and minituarization technology.......I don't believe that
anyone actually wants the dark future that alot of cyberpuck novels
depict.....As a matter of fact, the point of cyberpunk is to avoid that type of
future and learn to use technology responsibly before it runs rampant and out
of control.......

                                            Neuromancer