The Big Book of Cyberpunk Quotes

“nothing really changes except the brand of the boot that you find on your face.”
― Jared Shurin, The Big Book of Cyberpunk

“For the longest time we believed the world around us was deterministic enough to be understood; that it was just a matter of encoding enough data, and enough processing power, to be able to see the future. That if I do x, and the other person does y, and if I know all the things I need to know about the actors and their actions, I can say that z is the logical outcome…”
― Jared Shurin, The Big Book of Cyberpunk

“Most people spend a good chunk of their lives at a job they hate, taking orders from people they can’t stand to buy stuff they don’t need.”
― Jared Shurin, The Big Book of Cyberpunk

“Hey! Raster!” Raster is so glad to be wanted that he does figure eights around the screen. “Calculator!” I shout. “No need, boss! Simply tell me your desired calculation, and I will do it in my head!” So I have a most tedious conversation with Raster, in which I estimate the number of cubic feet in Soldier Field, rounded to the nearest foot. I ask Raster to multiply that by 24,808 and he shoots back: 537,824,167,717. A nongeek wouldn’t have thought twice. But I say, “Raster, you have Spam for brains. It should be an exact multiple of eight!” Evidently my brother’s new box came with one of those defective chips that makes errors when the numbers get really big.”
― Jared Shurin, The Big Book of Cyberpunk

“She smiled, and her smile faded behind her veil. “Information is only meaningful when shared,” said a voice that was hers from the place of her face.”
― Jared Shurin, The Big Book of Cyberpunk