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* [[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness|Hard Sci-Fi]] vs. [[Cyberspace]]: Is everything in your world explained through plausible technology, or are you writing this on a typewriter? |
* [[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness|Hard Sci-Fi]] vs. [[Cyberspace]]: Is everything in your world explained through plausible technology, or are you writing this on a typewriter? |
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* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]: How do people who have cybernetic implants act? Do they run around and kill everyone because their implants makes them go crazy, or are they perfectly well adjusted beings? |
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]: How do people who have cybernetic implants act? Do they run around and kill everyone because their implants makes them go crazy, or are they perfectly well adjusted beings? |
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* [[Do Androids Dream]]?: If your story centers around the existence of [[Artificial Human|Artificial Humans]], how are they treated? Are they on par with humans, or are they treated as slaves? What makes it possible to discern an android or an AI from a human? Do android have emotions, desires, feelings? |
* [[Do Androids Dream?]]?: If your story centers around the existence of [[Artificial Human|Artificial Humans]], how are they treated? Are they on par with humans, or are they treated as slaves? What makes it possible to discern an android or an AI from a human? Do android have emotions, desires, feelings? |
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* [[The Singularity]]: Want a big finale and/or an over-arching theme to tie together the actions of the characters? It's also a natural extension of the [[Cyberpunk]] theme of disorienting rapid cultural and technological change. A technological singularity has featured in the works of the greats. Of course this last point might be a reason to avoid it, too. |
* [[The Singularity]]: Want a big finale and/or an over-arching theme to tie together the actions of the characters? It's also a natural extension of the [[Cyberpunk]] theme of disorienting rapid cultural and technological change. A technological singularity has featured in the works of the greats. Of course this last point might be a reason to avoid it, too. |
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* [[Cyberpunk]] vs [[Post Cyber Punk]]: Is technology a tool of dystopian oppression or something that allows the people to fix problems? |
* [[Cyberpunk]] vs [[Post Cyber Punk]]: Is technology a tool of dystopian oppression or something that allows the people to fix problems? |
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: These are usually [[Big Bad|Big Bads]], because of their access to money, secret research labs and the like, but do they have to be? Maybe [[Punch Clock Villain|they're perfectly ordinary people]], or even heroes? |
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: These are usually [[Big Bad|Big Bads]], because of their access to money, secret research labs and the like, but do they have to be? Maybe [[Punch Clock Villain|they're perfectly ordinary people]], or even heroes? |
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* [[Bad Cop Incompetent Cop]]: Remember that not all cyberpunk stories has authority as the enemy. Sometimes the police, or even the [[Secret Police]], are the heroes tasked with cleaning up the mess of the anarchists and hackers and criminals make. ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[Snatcher]]'' and ''[[Ghost in The Shell]]'' were all about government-employed heroes fighting off the [[Designated Villain]]. |
* [[Bad Cop, Incompetent Cop]]: Remember that not all cyberpunk stories has authority as the enemy. Sometimes the police, or even the [[Secret Police]], are the heroes tasked with cleaning up the mess of the anarchists and hackers and criminals make. ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[Snatcher]]'' and ''[[Ghost in The Shell]]'' were all about government-employed heroes fighting off the [[Designated Villain]]. |
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* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]: This was less of a problem before people had cybernetics <ref> Yes, we do. [[Artificial Limbs]], pacemakers, bionic ear implants, bionic hearts, etc</ref>. Nowadays, we know that any implants short of rewiring your brains doesn't cause personality damage. |
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]: This was less of a problem before people had cybernetics <ref> Yes, we do. [[Artificial Limbs]], pacemakers, bionic ear implants, bionic hearts, etc</ref>. Nowadays, we know that any implants short of rewiring your brains doesn't cause personality damage. |
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=== '''Suggested Themes and Aesops''' === |
=== '''Suggested Themes and Aesops''' === |
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* [[Do Androids Dream|What makes us human?]] Feeling, understanding, comprehension, self-awareness, etc. |
* [[Do Androids Dream?|What makes us human?]] Feeling, understanding, comprehension, self-awareness, etc. |
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* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|How do people treat non-Homo Sapiens Sapiens?]] [[Fantastic Racism]], treatment of robots, androids, clones, etc. |
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|How do people treat non-Homo Sapiens Sapiens?]] [[Fantastic Racism]], treatment of robots, androids, clones, etc. |
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* What is reality? |
* What is reality? |
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