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The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook
The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.
Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:
--->Basic Cyberpunk Gear is simple.
Black leather jacket.
Boots.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.
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Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:
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--->Basic Cyberpunk Gear is simple.
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Black leather jacket.
/blæk ˈleðər ˈdʒækət/
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Boots.
/buːts/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Basic adjective US /ˈbeɪsɪk/

pertaining to or constituting a base or basis

From this reading “Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:”

electrons noun US /ˌɪˈlektrɑːnz/

plural of “electron” — an elementary particle with negative charge

From this reading “Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.”

gear noun US /ɡɪr/

a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

From this reading “Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:”

genres noun US /ˈʒɑːnrəz/

plural of “genre” — a kind of literary or artistic work

From this reading “Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:”

Recognizing verb US /ˈrekəɡnaɪzɪŋ/

-ing form of “recognize” — accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

From this reading “Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.”

types noun US /taɪps/

plural of “type” — a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

From this reading “Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:”

Underlying adjective US /ˌʌndərˈlaɪɪŋ/

in the nature of something though not readily apparent

From this reading “Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:”

varieties noun US /vərˈaɪətiz/

plural of “variety” — a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

From this reading “Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.”

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Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

attitudenounUS /ˈætətuːd/

a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

BasicadjectiveUS /ˈbeɪsɪk/

pertaining to or constituting a base or basis

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

BlackadjectiveUS /blæk/

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading Black leather jacket.

BootsnounUS /buːts/

plural of “boot” — footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg

From this reading Boots.

breaksnounUS /breɪks/

plural of “break” — some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

commonlyadverbUS /ˈkɑːmənli/

under normal conditions

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

Cyber

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

cyberpunknoun

a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

electronsnounUS /ˌɪˈlektrɑːnz/

plural of “electron” — an elementary particle with negative charge

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

FittingadjectiveUS /ˈfɪtɪŋ/

in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

gearnounUS /ɡɪr/

a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

genresnounUS /ˈʒɑːnrəz/

plural of “genre” — a kind of literary or artistic work

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

jacketnounUS /ˈdʒækət/

a short coat

From this reading Black leather jacket.

leathernounUS /ˈleðər/

an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning

From this reading Black leather jacket.

malenounUS /meɪl/

an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

manyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

mentaladjectiveUS /ˈmentəl/

involving the mind or an intellectual process

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

middleclass

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

physicaladjectiveUS /ˈfɪzɪkəl/

involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

RecognizingverbUS /ˈrekəɡnaɪzɪŋ/

-ing form of “recognize” — accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

simpleadjectiveUS /ˈsɪmpəl/

having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

From this reading --->Basic Cyberpunk Gear is simple.

StylenounUS /staɪl/

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

ThempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

tooadverbUS /tuː/

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

typesnounUS /taɪps/

plural of “type” — a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

UnderlyingadjectiveUS /ˌʌndərˈlaɪɪŋ/

in the nature of something though not readily apparent

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

varietiesnounUS /vərˈaɪətiz/

plural of “variety” — a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

waynounUS /weɪ/

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Underlying all the types and genres is Basic Cyber Style, which breaks down to physical gear and mental attitude:

WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

whitenounUS /waɪt/

a Caucasian

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Recognizing Them and Fitting In ====================================================== While a cyberpunk is commonly a middleclass white male with way too many electrons, there are varieties of cyberpunk.

Chapter 3 of The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook by St. Jude holds 101 sentences, grouped into 21 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 3 of The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook contain?

Chapter 3 holds 101 sentences of The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 3 of The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook by St. Jude exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 101 sentences, grouped into 21 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 3 of The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook?

Work through the 21 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 21 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 3 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook?

Yes. All 279 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #929 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #929, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook take to read?

About 23 minutes of reading across 56 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Cyberpunk
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Challenging
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Postmodern
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lifestyle
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.