GW and CP

Hmpf MacSlow · 21 Jun 2005, 11:14 · from 2005-June.txt.gz

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From: hmpf1998 at gmx.net (Hmpf MacSlow)
Date: Tue Jun 21 11:14:34 2005
Subject: (urth) GW and CP
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>IIRC, the cyberpunk class was actually a spinoff of a groundbreaking class 
>from the previous semester that was taught by two instructors from two 
>different departments. It dealt with science in science fiction, but also 
>focused on cyberpunk and computer technology which inspired the cyberpunk 
>class.
>
>Alas, such a vast amount of water has passed beneath that bridge that it 
>has long since washed away. I don't really recall many details from the 
>classes other than there was a lot of reading, some heated classroom 
>discussions and that we spent a lot of time trying to deconstruct the mass 
>media pop culture hype that was already suffocating the genre. Both were 
>great classes.

This reminds me why I really need to find another university. We don't get 
any sf related classes here, and sf really is the main thing I want to 
study. It's not a popular subject in German universities' English 
departments, unfortunately.

Then again, I can't afford to move to another city at the moment. But if I 
ever do a Ph.D. I'll have to find a uni that will accommodate work on sf.

By the way, @ whoever mentioned Ghost in the Shell: that movie I mentioned 
a little while ago, Angel's Egg, is by the same director, and even more 
'Wolfean' than Ghost in the Shell. If anyone here saw it, I'd really like 
to know what you thought of it...

Hmpf

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