The Johaan
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I've been rereading Warren Ellis's Transmetropolitan, and I can't decide if given the chance whether I would actually want an apartment in the city the book takes place in.
The series has been classified as both cyberpunk and post-cyberpunk, the difference between the genres being the difference between dystopia and utopia.
Obviously, things like the increased lifespan, absence of cancer, existence of 'makers' and such luxuries would be great. But is it worth essentially no democracy and the incredible amounts of poverty that the New Scum have to deal with?
Interested in hearing others thoughts on this.
The series has been classified as both cyberpunk and post-cyberpunk, the difference between the genres being the difference between dystopia and utopia.
Obviously, things like the increased lifespan, absence of cancer, existence of 'makers' and such luxuries would be great. But is it worth essentially no democracy and the incredible amounts of poverty that the New Scum have to deal with?
Interested in hearing others thoughts on this.