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i# 2025-05-07 - Mirrorshades    Err     tilde.pink      70
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IMargaret Bucci Wearing Mirrorshades (1943)     /~bencollver/log/2025-05-07-mirrorshades/mirrorshades-1943.jpg  tilde.pink      70
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iMirrorshades is a cyberpunk anthology published in 1986 and posted     Err     tilde.pink      70
ifree on the web in 2022.  Three years later, i finally got around      Err     tilde.pink      70
ito reading it.  I thoroughly enjoyed some of the stories, especially   Err     tilde.pink      70
iThe Gernsback Continuum by William Gibson and Tales of Houdini by      Err     tilde.pink      70
iRudy Rucker.  Many of the stories had a retro-anachronistic flair      Err     tilde.pink      70
idespite having cutting edge writing styles.  This gives a wonderful    Err     tilde.pink      70
icontrast of function over form.        Err     tilde.pink      70
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iI loved the point in The Gernsback Continuum about the glamor of       Err     tilde.pink      70
itechnology, the hype being a surface-level stage prop for people to    Err     tilde.pink      70
ipretend that they are living in the future, but hidden just below      Err     tilde.pink      70
ithe surface are Victorian mechanisms, such as the noisy floppy drive   Err     tilde.pink      70
imotor in the author's then cutting edge personal computer.  The        Err     tilde.pink      70
iauthor alludes to the eugenist tendencies of technocracy and the       Err     tilde.pink      70
icold comfort of really knowing that as bad as this timeline is, it's   Err     tilde.pink      70
ijust a hair's breadth away from being so very much worse.      Err     tilde.pink      70
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iTales of Houdini was just rip-roaring fun.  But behind all the Err     tilde.pink      70
ispecial effects lies some serious sleight of hand.  The story is       Err     tilde.pink      70
ideeper than it first appears.  Err     tilde.pink      70
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iSpeaking of retro references, i found an interesting blog post Err     tilde.pink      70
iabout that 1943 photo at the beginning of this log entry.      Err     tilde.pink      70
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hThe Eye Wear of the Beholder   URL:https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2018/07/caught-our-eyes-in-the-eye-wear-of-the-beholder/  tilde.pink      70
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iThe title of this book also brings to mind the Information Society     Err     tilde.pink      70
isong Mirrorshades.  The lyrics are totally cyberpunk material, and are Err     tilde.pink      70
iprobably a reference to Molly Millions, a character by William Gibson. Err     tilde.pink      70
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hMirrorshades by Information Society (1990) (requires javascript)       URL:https://soundcloud.com/information-society/mirrorshades-we-dont-take        tilde.pink      70
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iMolly Millions is a "razorgirl" or "street samurai".  I found an       Err     tilde.pink      70
iexcellent spoof of this cyberpunk archetype.   Err     tilde.pink      70
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0Cyberpunk Parody (aussies.space)       /~freet/collected_files/usenet_funnys/Cyberpunk Parody.txt      aussies.space   70
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0Cyberpunk Parody (local copy)  /~bencollver/log/2025-05-07-mirrorshades/ozpunk.txt     tilde.pink      70
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iLast but not least, i'd like to give a nod to Ralf Wause's phlog post  Err     tilde.pink      70
ititled The Real Cyberpunk.  You, dear gopher reader, are The Real      Err     tilde.pink      70
iCyberpunk, the living dream that art has been intimating at.  By       Err     tilde.pink      70
iinvesting your attention into the smol Internet, you are nursing the   Err     tilde.pink      70
iembers of open culture against the stark backdrop of corporate Err     tilde.pink      70
idomination.    Err     tilde.pink      70
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0The Real Cyberpunk     /users/ralfwause/phlog/cyberp.txt       sdf.org 70
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iauthor: Sterling, Bruce        Err     tilde.pink      70
0detail: gopher://gopherpedia.com/0/Mirrorshades        /Mirrorshades   gopherpedia.com 70
iLOC:    PS648.S3       Err     tilde.pink      70
hsource: https://www.rudyrucker.com/mirrorshades/       URL:https://www.rudyrucker.com/mirrorshades/    tilde.pink      70
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