NEOSYBIRSK. FEDERACJA BLISKIEJ PRZYSZŁOŚCI W CYKLU SYBIRPUNK MICHAŁA GOŁKOWSKIEGO
NEOSYBIRSK. FEDERATION OF THE NEAR FUTURE IN THE SYBIRPUNK SERIES BY MICHAŁ GOŁKOWSKI

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses how to implement the assumptions of the cyberpunk plot in Sybirpunk series by Michał Gołkowski. The author, using the measures characteristic of cyberpunk (the way of presenting the city, the presence of an specyfic, outsider-hero, exposing the phenomenon of “High tech & low life”, cyborgization of society, etc.), presents an ironic vision of the near future of the Russian Federation. The article analyzes three aspects: urban space (the image of NeoSybirsk, a city combining cyberpunk stylistics with the landscape of an industrial Siberian city), a hero (an outsider from the lower social strata) and the problem of cyborgization (ubiquitous implants). Through them, will be presented the subversive way in which the author engages in polemics with the genre, exposing the specific mentality of the Russian society.

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