THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK A film review by Ben Hoffman Copyright 1997 Ben Hoffman
Anyone who has seen the original JURASSIC PARK will surely want to see the sequel. As with the first, it is filled with dinosaurs, both big and little, more menacing than I recall in the one that preceded this. For this reason, it is incumbent upon me to suggest that parents of children under 9-years-old and those of sensitive 10-year-olds take their offspring to other movies. It is a bit frightening to see a couple of tyrannosaurs engaged in pulling apart a human they have captured, or to see hundreds of little dinosaurs about the size of small geese, poke out the eyes of humans, chew at their lips and cheeks. It is a kind of THE BIRDS except with dinosaurs.
Then, too, the photography. like much of the story, is dark. Hardly any daylight, sunlight, penetrates the huge trees and brush of the dense forest. This, when it is in the whole movie, is in itself depressing. Nevertheless, the special effects are, as expected, spectacular though not more so than in the original. For one thing, the dinosaurs do not come across as shocking, surprising, as when first seen in JURASSIC PARK. There really is nothing here to compare with our first view in the 1993 version of the dinosaur lifting its head above the trees in a graceful movement that astonished and delighted us. While it is true that THE LOST WORLD utilizes new computer technology to make the animals move more gracefully, the improvement was not noticeable. The original Jurassic Park was spectacularly wonderful with Live Action Dinosaurs' Stan Winston in charge both then and now.
As for the story: You will recall that John Hammond had discovered that embedded in amber were bits of DNA. He was able to utilize the DNA to grow full- sized prehistoric animals. It was his dream to have an amusement park on an island off Costa Rica where visitors could come to view the dinosaurs and other beasts. The park was going to be foolproof safe. Dr. Ian Malcolm, a brilliant mathematician, said there was no such thing as 100% safe. As predicted, disaster struck and everyone fled the island and all the prehistoric animals died . . . or so everyone thought.
Four years have elapsed since John Hammond's dream came to a disastrous end. Just when it was believed that the dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals had all died, it now appears that there were some survivors living on the nearby island of Isla Sorna where they were free of human interference Having learned his lesson that one must not tamper with nature, Hammond (in this version played by Richard Attenborough) wants sightseers kept away and the island policed so the prehistoric animals can live in peaceful surroundings. To this end, he talks mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) into overseeing that his wishes come true. Things do not quite work out that way.
Others hired by Hammond for chronicling of the island's inhabitants are paleontologist Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore), maker of video documentaries (Vince Vaughn) and a field equipment specialist (Richard Schiff) to enable the three to carry on their mission.
The film's villain is Hammond's money-hungry nephew, Peter Ludlow (Arliiss Howard), who takes control of the company and sets out to breed the creatures, bring them to the island and set it up as another Park. Ludlow hires an adventurer, Roland Tembo (Pete Postlethwaite) to be in charge on the island.
Also in the cast is young Kelly, (Vanessa Lee Chester) who stowed away on the ship going to the island where deadly dinosaurs roam. Little did Kelly know what she was going to experience.
Music composed by John Williams.
If you loved JURASSIC PARK, as almost everyone apparently did, and you want more of the same, THE LOST WORLD will again turn you on.
Based on Michael Crichton's novel, THE LOST WORLD.
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This is the Cyberpunk Reading List, accept no substitutions. Date of this Post: 1/20/1995 Corrections, comments, criticisms, complements, additions, muta- tions, deletions, etc. all to the complier and maintainer: Jason<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Thanks to: Cris<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Wendell Martin<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Bryce Koike<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Brett Kokegei<EMAIL_ADDRESS>P. A. van Heusden<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Simon Tong<EMAIL_ADDRESS>J. H. M. Dassen<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Stephen Jennings<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Jonathan D. Haskett<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Michael Rogero Brown<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Matt Maxwell<EMAIL_ADDRESS>J. A. Bowditch<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Liralen Li<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Thomas A. 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Steven King. ** The Running Man Movie of this story starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. Bagdikian, Ben H. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Media Monopoly Nonfiction. Ballard, J. G. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Crash The violence of car crashes and the eroticism of mechanized death become the obscene focus of a group of car crash survivors and their lovers. ** The Atrocity Exhibition Ballard studied medicine in college and it shows here. Through a series of fragmented `compressed novels', Ballard traces the break- down of a doctor at a mental hospital. ``The Atrocity Exhibition'' was only the American release tiele.  - Andy Micone ** Vermilion Sands Barnes, Steven ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Gorgon Child ** Streetlethal Bear, Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Beyond Heaven's River ** Blood Music A genetic engineer first creates super-intelligent viruses and then self-injects them when he is fired in an attempt to save his work. The viruses spread across the world and produce a collision between observer based information theory and reality. ** Eon Earth, on the edge of nuclear war, becomes host to a modified aster- oid from an alternate time-line. Among the items found within the technically advanced micro-world is a history of the impending war. Will this knowledge be used in time to advert disaster? ** Eternity In order to keep the universe from unraveling, it is necessary to destroy the gateway that was attached to the Thistledown. Sequel to Eon. ** Forge of God ``Earth is the battleground for a war between robots over the fate of life in the galaxy.'' - Chris Pepper ** Psychlone ** Queen of Angels 1990 ** Strength of Stones ** The Wind from a Burning Woman (Anthology) The Wind from a Burning Woman, Scatter Shot, Mandela, Hard Fought. Belsito, Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Notes from the Pop Underground Interviews with SRL, Robert Anton Wilson, etc. Benedikt, Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Cyberspace: First Steps Nonfiction. Benford, Gregory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Great Sky River Berlyn, Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Integrated Man Bester, Alfred ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Computer Connection A group of immortals, while creating another of their kind, unwit- tingly also create a man-machine symbiosis that soon threatens the existence of humankind. Also published under the name ``Xtro''. ** Golem 100 Eight women in a search for fun and excitement tap the unconscious id of the megacity, producing a demon of startling power and mis- chief. ** The Demolished Man Future peaceful earth, where telepaths prevent crimes by learning about them before they occur, is shocked by one man's desperate irrationality. ** The Stars My Destination Body modification, corporate intrigue, baroque settings and charac- ters, and a walk down the gray line that separates criminals from the straight world. But its the protagonist's purely anarchic belief in humanity that makes this book remarkable. Originally Tiger! Tiger!. Betanacourt, John Gregory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Johnny Zed ** Rememory Bethke, Bruce ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Cyberpunk ** Elimination Round Bey, Hakim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Temporary Autonomous Zone Bova, Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Cyberbooks ** Exiled from Earth ** The Dueling Machine Bradbury, Ray ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Fahreheit 451 Firemen are employed to burn thought provoking books that run con- trary to the desires of those addicted to mass-media forms of enter- tainment. Brand, Stewart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Media Lab (at MIT) Nonfiction. Brin, David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Earth Although the world is falling apart, Arks provide homes for endan- gered species while ecologists fight a losing battle against the growing population. Meanwhile global computer nets bring information to everyone and allow the elderly majority to vote for laws that will help them. The application of string theory allows new energy sources based upon gravitons to create the hope for a better tomorrow if the knowledge is used by the right people. ** Postman ``In a post-apocalyptic world one man stumbles across a postal uni- form and assumes the identify of a postman as a scheme to get food and hospitality. What starts as an act become a symbol of hope for people trying to rebuild society.'' - Jim Boritz Brunner, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Children of Thunder ** Stand on Zanzibar Over population in 2010 produces new fads, gene based child rearing laws and the new poor: people who are paying for next-next season's clothing this season. 1968 ** The Jagged Orbit Racial tensions are fueled by a personal armaments company inter- ested in its profit margin in a world where personal contact is typically avoided. ** The Sheep Look Up The effects of poisons and contaminants upon the environment effects an increase in the expression of recessive genetic mutations in both humans and parasites (most other animals are dead) which eventually causes even more problems in a overpopulated, abused, and now under- resourced world. 1972 ** The Shockwave Rider Society has reached instability and everything changes rapidly in a world where everyone is on the move. A national datanet allows the government to monitor its citizens without their permission, while research produces methods to measure wisdom in children. ``The child of a government program to promot `wisdomm' becomes an electronic chameleon in his attempt to lose himself in a computer- controlled society.'' - Chris Pepper 1975 ** The Stone that Never Came Down Plagued by unemployment, a right-wing moral movement, inflation, and world-wide famine, the world is on the brink of war. A new drug which improves memory and cognition saves the day --- providing solutions to those who have been administered the drug. Budrys, Algis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Michaelmas An electronic genius disguised as a news-reporter controls the run- ning of the world with the help of his artificially intelligent computer. Bull ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Bone Dance Burgess, Anthony ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** A Clockwork Orange Gangs of teenagers run rampant performing acts of ultra-violence in the near future. Palovian reconditioning is used as a solution to the overcrowding of penitentiaries, producing physical sickness in those whose thoughts turn to violence. Burroughs, William S. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Cities of the Red Night ** Interzone ** Naked Lunch ``A blast of maniacal laughter from Hell.  - Larry McCaffery, ``Storming the Reality Studio'' ** Nova Express ** The Soft Machine ** The Third Mind ** Ticket That Exploded ** Wild Boys Butler, Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Nightshade The revolution of the Mars Colony brings to light tangling alliances, the hidden goals of unknown power holders, and a vampire. Cadigan, Pat ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Fool to Believe ** Fools ** Indigo ** Mindplayers Deadpan Allie is a sort of future psychiatrist who works on her patients by entering virtual representations of their psyches. ** Patterns Collection. ** Synners ``A long, detailed look at a cyberpunk L.A. AI's, Virtual reality, viruses, drug enhancements, megacorps... the usual. Multiple plot- lines trace several major and minor characters' lives while describ- ing the future in great detail. An interesting way to pass the time, but a bit bogged down in itself.'' - Wendell Martin 1991 Califia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Doc and Fluff Card, Orson Scott ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Ender's Game An alien threat forces the military leaders of Earth to look to promising children to be the leader's of tomorrow's defense forces. However the need for their leadership may arrive before the children are adults. ** Speaker for the Dead ** Xenocide Carlisle, Anne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Liquid Sky Chamberlin, Darrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Cigarrette Boy ``A convoluted fragemented future-war story told as a machine- generated multimedia movie script.'' - @Man Chandler, Raymond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Big Sleep Although set as a detective novel, the protagonist's multi-sided personality and the writing style used by Chandler are quite similar to the styles of present-day cyberpunk writers. ** The Simple Art of Murder Essay. ``When reading it, replace `mystery novel' with `sci-fi novel' and its amazing. Every complaint the Cyberpunk authors had about `classic sci-fi' is there as a complaint about `classic detective stories.' '' - Logan Joshua Ratner Chocholak, Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Blood Musics ** Hot Wired ** Minds in Collision ** Red Spider, White Web Cross, Ronald Anthony ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Prisoners of Paradise The descendants of guests at a gigantic hotel carry on with their day to day survival in their universe of elevators and hallways. Meanwhile the hotel computer battles with its electronic head bell- boy for control of the guests' destinies. DeBrandt, Don H. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Quicksilver Screen Defilippo, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Ciphers DeHaven, Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Freaks' Amour 1986 Deitz, Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Matrix Man 1990 Delany, Samuel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Babel 17 The language of an invading civilization is found to be based upon the concepts of AI computer languages and memes. ** Dahlgren ** Nova Elements numbered greater than 300 mined from suns about to go nova power the machines of the 35th century. Humans equipped with cyber- netic interfaces control the machines in a society that is con- trolled by feuding families distributed over light-year distances. DeLilo, Don ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** White Noise A professor of the history of Nazism lives with his fifth wife and the children of previous marriages in a small modern college town. He tries to cope with the symbolism of grocery stores and the fear of death realized by an airborne toxic event. DeLint, Charles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Svaha ``It has all the elements of contemporary Cyberpunk except for VR- type `Net' (some would argue that his mystical `Dreametime' scenes fill the role fo the Net nicely). If you are familiar with the Cyeberpunk-based role-playing game Shadowrun then you will find much of De Lint's setting familiar.'' - Andrew Jeanes Denning, Peter J. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Computers Under Attack: Viruses, Worms, Hackers Nonfiction, an Association for Computing Machinery publication. Denton, Bradley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Wrack'n'Roll Setting alternate time-line, Punkers are 1/3 of populace. Dery, Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Cyberculture Dick, Philip K. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** A Scanner Darkly An undercover law enforcement officer who's real identity is so well protected that his boss doesn't know who he is, is assigned the task of watching himself deal with drug dealers, accept packages of money from vending machines, and not be arrested for dealing with crimi- nals even though eye-witnesses report his presence. ** Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The movie `Bladerunner' is based on this book that examines the question of what it is to be human through the conflict between renegade androids that want to be free, and the human bladerunner sent to terminate them. ** Flow my Tears the Policeman said A Television host, who is supposedly a genetically superior human (manufactured) wakes up to find himself unknown. In a grimy future world, with the aid of various drugs, a police general, and strange chance, questions of reality and morality are examined: What is reality, and what is our relationship with it? What is morality in terms of things of like fate? ** The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch ** VALIS ** Vulcan's Hammer ** We Can Remember It For You Wholesale ``The basis for `Total Recall' with Schwarzenegger's.'' - Chris Pepper Dickson, Gordon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The R-Master In a socialist-utopian future the use of a intelligence increasing drug is carefully controlled as bureaucrats attempt to envelope the world in their plans. Not cyberpunk. Disch, Thomas M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** 334 ** Camp Concentration 1982 Drexler, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Engines of Creation Nanotechnnology, nonfiction. Effinger, George Alec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** A Fire in the Sun More entangling alliances shroud the existence of the Phoenix file --- an agreement between two rivals over the control of world-wide black markets. Sequel to When Gravity Fails. ** The Exile Kiss The Hero and Kingpin introduced in `When Gravity Fails' are kid- napped, framed, and dropped off in the desert. Hero returns later to exact revenge. Sequel to A Fire in the Sun. ** When Gravity Fails A series of brutal murders prompts a king-pin of the post-superpower black market to adopt and `enhance' a local street tough as a per- sonal resource in an effort to find the deranged killer. Farren, Mick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Mars: The Red Planet 1990 ** The Armageddon Crazy 1989 ** The Feelies 1990 ** The High Orbit ** The Last Stand of the DNA Cowboys 1989 ** The Long Orbit ** Vickers Faust, Clifford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** A Death of Honor ** The Company Man Ferret, Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Alligator Alley Fjermedal, Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Tomorrow Makers Nonfiction. Ford, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Web of Angels Foster, Alan Dean ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Cyber Way Navaho rituals provide a method of communicating with an abandoned database of knowledge and power which can either be exploited for man's good or detriment. Galouye, Daniel F. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Simulacron III Gardner, Howard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** New Minds Science Congnitive science, nonfiction. Garreau, Joel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Edge City Gerrold, David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One ``How will we know when and if machines become self-aware rather than just presenting a really good simulation of self-awarness.'' - Jim Boritz Gibson, William ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Burning Chrome (anthology) ** Count Zero Free-agent AIs roam cyberspace and involve themselves in the affairs of more worldly parties. Sequel to Neuromancer. ** Mona Lisa Overdrive A member of the cloistered family destroyed in Neuromancer, members of the Yakuza, and others take an interest in a girl born with the capability to interface directly to the net without the need for external hardware. ** Neuromancer An artificial-intelligent computer controls the interests of a super-powerful family has discovered a method to free itself from a crippling case of multiple personality disorder. ** The Difference Engine See review under Sterling, Bruce. ** Virtual Light 1993 Goulart, Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Barking Dogs Cops are outgunned by crooks using untraceable laser pistols. One cop turns renegade and arms himself with an over the counter lie- detector, a laser-proof vest and his own laser in order to identify and destroy those responsible for the lucrative laser-gun trade. ** Cowboy Heaven An aging cowboy movie star is replaced by a sophisticated android when he falls sick in an attempt to avoid insurance losses on his next movie. Not cyberpunk. ** Crackpot Grant, Glenn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Mimetic Drift Green, Terrence M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Barking Dogs Hafner, Katie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers Nonfiction. Hailblum, Isidore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Mutants are Coming Hamit, Francis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Virtual Reality: Adventures in Cyberspace Nonfiction. Hammett, Dashell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Maltese Falcon ``As for the Maltese Falcon. Rent it. Watch it. Live it. I didn't think anyone hadn't seen the old movie classic (Humphrey Bogart). It's as true to the book as any movie ever was to a book. In short, the description you gave of The Big Sleep will do. (Chan- dler admired/idolized Hammett.) In fact, Chandler wrote the screenplay from Hammett's book.'' - Logan Joshua Ratner Hand, Elizabeth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Winterlong Harrison, Harry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Make Room! Make Room! The movie `Soylent Green' was based on this story set in a future over-crowded Manhattan where although water, food, and shelter shortages are rampant, the only solution the government has legis- lated is required retirement at 65. ** The Turing Option Hawke, Simon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Psychodrome Heilein, Robert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Unpleasent Profession of Jonathan Hoag ``The universe is a VR art project.'' - Chris Pepper Heinz, Christopher ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Ash Ock ** Leigh Killer Hopwood, Lyle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Technophobe 1989 Hubbard, L. 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A graphic arts designer seeks new clients and discovers a few dark secrets the omni-potent corpo- ration rather he didn't know. ** Infernal Devices The son of a master clock worker deals with his departed father's creations as they are used for both evil and scientific means in post-Victorian England. ** The Glass Hammer Shipments of illegal computer chips from the robotically controlled labs of silicon valley in a post-nuclear world are the backdrop for this story. Meanwhile, the control of South American workers is made easier as they are drawn to the networks coverage of the action filled runs which include offensive SDI satellites seeking the cars and drivers but never quite hitting them. Kadrey, Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Kamikaze L'amour ** Metrophage Art and crime meet, literally, in the streets when a strange virus hits Los Angelas. 1988 Kelly, James Patrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Freedom Beach ** Mr. Boy 1990 ** Wildlife Kessel, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Corrupting Mr. Nice Krueger, Myron W. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Artificial Reality Nonfiction. ** Artificial Reality II Nonfiction. Kunetka, James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Nature's End Similar to Earth by David Brin: the bio-sphere is falling apart. The solution proposed by the Depopulationists is to kill 1 of every 3 people via lottery. Will this remove the burden on the bio- sphere? Would starvation solve the problem anyway? What do you do with a third of seven billion corpses? Will the survivors have the will to go on? Will our four heroes save the day? No, yes, cremate them, probably not, read the book. Laidlaw, Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Dad's Nuke The balance of power in a self-sufficient neighborhood walled off from the religious fanatics, is threatened by `Dad' Johnson's acqui- sition of a nuclear power source and his neighbor's home built missile launcher. ** Kalifornia ** Nutrimancer Landreth, Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Out of the Inner Circle. Hacking, nonfiction. Lem, Stanislaw ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Fiasco ``A novel, with nominal elements of archetypal characters -- the physcist, the cyberneticist, the theologist, the pilot -- who jour- ney to another star to meet a race of ETs call the Quintans. More pessimistic thought on SETIs that's hugely entertaining, and the only decent description of interstellar travel *ever* written that's not ``lets's jump into hyperspace'' and not a thinly-veiled Ph.D. doctrine in theoretical physics.'' - Rick Kleffel ** Imaginary Magnitude ``Introduction to books of the 21st century. Includes an introduc- tion to a scholarly work on computer generated literature, a work by a man who attempted to teach bacteria the english language, a self-modifiying encyclopedia, an introduction to a lecture by the first on-line AI, and, of course, an introduction. Extremely witty and so packed with truly (for want of a better term) ``mind boggling'' ideas that can sustain many, many readings.'' - Rick Kleffel ** Memoirs Found in a Bathtub The effects of a complete disintegration of paper and how this completely stops for the most part the flow of information, and how this affects society. ** One Human Minute ``Reviews of books of the future. An incredible essay on ``The Upside-Down Evolution'' (Weapons Systems of the 21st Century), a review of a sort of computerized Guiness book, and a very pessimis- tic lecture on SETI and the creation of life on earth.'' - Rick Kleffel ** Short story about brains in vats imagining brains in vats Levy, Steven ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Hackers Nonfiction. ``Examines the world of non-destructive computer hackers and the origins of computer centered culture in the context of three differ- ent hacking environments.'' - Jim Boritz Lewitt, S. 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The secondary plot is the hunt for a spy among the pilots.'' - Cris ** Dancing Vac Leyner, Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** American Made ** I Smell Esther Williams ** I was an Infinitely Hot and Dense Dot ** My Cousin My Gastroenteronlogist Short stories, or prose poetry with a schizophrenic style of many cyberpunk writers but little other connection. ** Steroids Make My Friend Jorge Kill His Speech Therapist: An ABC Does anyone have the full title? Lint, Charles de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Svaha Littell, Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Bad Voltage ``...a book that makes me think of an attempt to "modernize" Anthony Burgess' work. I don't know if it's done on purpose, but the similarities are definitely there.'' - Bryce Koike Maddox, Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<EMAIL_ADDRESS>** Halo Markoff, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers Nonfiction. Martin, George R. R. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Armageddon Rag As an ex-hippie investigates the death of the manager of a band for a rock and roll magazine, he finds that the death involves an singer killed in the sixties and the possible start of armageddon. Not cyberpunk. Mason, Lisa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Arachne 1990 McCaffery, Larry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Fic- tion A review of cyberpunk and post-modernism: thesis: We don't read science fiction, we live it. McDonald, Ian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Out on Blue Six Personal happiness factors are constantly monitored in an attempt to maintain a constant level of emotional sustainability within a walled-off mega city. Self-intelligent computers act behind the scenes as they attempt to calculate whether humanity has regained the ability to rule itself. McLoughlin, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Helix and the Sword Milan, Victor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Cybernetic Samurai After a limited nuclear exchange, scientists in Japan work to create the first artificial consciousness. Trained in the way of Bushido --- the warrior code --- it unifies Japan through its influence in an effort to stop WW4. ** The Cybernetic Shogun The offspring of the cybernetic samurai disagree about what role they should play in the world's affairs following the fourth world war. Sequel to The Cybernetic Samurai. Miller, Walter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** A Canticle for Leibowitz ``In a post apocalyptic world that has returned to the dark ages what would happen as people began to rediscover technology and how would they deal with knowledge from the past.'' - Jim Boritz Minsky, Marvin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Society of Mind Nonfiction. ** The Turing Option Moorcock, Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Cornelius Chronicles, vol 1, 2 & 3 The semi-complete story of the life/lives of Jerry Cornelius, Nobel- Prize winning scientist and rock and roll musician. The existential plotting, ambiguous sexuality of the main characters, and the general low-life/high brow feel makes these very important works in the canon. Moran, Daniel Keys ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As of 8/13/92: P.O. Box 667, Van Nuys, California 91408<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or uunet!cerritos!batpad!dmoran ** Armageddon Blues ** Emerald Eyes Biogenetically engineered in a post-superpower world controlled by the UN Peace Keeping Forces, an extended family of telepaths fight for their personal freedom. ** The Last Dancer Taken from the PR Release: Set principally in 2076, though there is a lengthy section set 50,000 years in the past. The book is principally about Denice Castanavers, during a TriCentennial Rebellion. Trent is in the book for about one hundred pages. ``The last Dancer'' expands the stage on which events are taking place; you'll finally learn something substantial about the Continu- ing Time at large, as opposed to learning only about post- Unification Earth. May not see release until Mid-1993 ** The Long Run Seven years after the United Nations Peace-Keeping-Forces nuked the telepaths developed from the Superman Project, Trent the Uncatchable bumps into Denice. What follows is their attempt to evade the PKF who stumbled upon the two. Trent, using his skills, humiliates the PKF in the Earth-Moon system in an attempt to teach them a lesson. Sequel to Emerald Eyes. Murphy, Pat ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The City, Not Long After Newman, Kim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Night Mayor Niven, Larry and Steven Barnes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Dream Park, Barsoom Project, California Voodoo Game ``Live role-playing with mechanical and holographic aides compli- cates the security chief's investigations.'' - Chris Pepper Odom, Mel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Lethal Interface Orwell, George ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** 1984 Big Brother holds control over the populace through observation, heavy-handedness, and fear in a world where information and personal relations are always suspect. Parsegian, V. Lawrence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** This Cybernetic World Cybernetics, nonfiction. Piercey, Marge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** He, She and It Platt, Charles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Freezone 1989 ** Less Than Human 1986 ** The Silicon Man 1991 Poyer, M. C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Stepfather Bank Pynchon, Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Gravity's Rainbow The best cyberpunk ever written by a guy who didn't even know he was writing it. Pynchon's most difficult (and rewarding) book puts you into the bad brains of soldiers, scientists, hookers, losers, etc., during WWII, when science was about to change everything. ** Slow Learner Short Story ** The Crying of Lot 49 ** V ``About a person in love with a bomb, which is a great lead in to Gravity's Rainbow.'' - Andy Micone ** Vineland Quick, W. T. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Dreams of Flesh and Sand 1998 ** Dreams of Gods and Men 1989 ** Singularities 1990 ** Systems ** Yesterday's Pawn Redd, Robert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Hormone Jungle Rheingold, Howard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Artificial Reality Nonfiction. ** Artificial Reality II Nonfiction. Robinson, Kim Stanley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Gold Coast ** The Memory of Whiteness Robinson, Spider ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Mindkiller ``A duet of lives, a true decker and a smuck professor, somehow the lines tie in with a man who has the power to erase memories. There's a cool wirehead in there (direct wiring to pleasure cen- ters), a touch of bondage, hacking, and a CP lifestyle. And a touch of Robinson moralizing. Sigh...'' - Liralen Li Rucker, Rudy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** LimpWare ** Masters of Space and Time ** Semiotext(e) 1989 ** SoftWare 1982 ** Spacetime Donuts ``It's basically about a [u|dis]topian society where a big computer runs everything. There are some people who fill out the forms for the computer, and others, called Dreamers, who plug into the com- puter while asleep. The society is pretty static, because the computer isn't creative. But then a group of new people, called the Angels, appear on the scene. They're able to plug themselves directly into the computer without frying their brains, because they've gotten used to mental overstimulation through studying math- ematics and theorectical physical and doing lots of acid.'' - Laurence Roberts ** The 57th Franz Kafka ** The Hacker and the Ants ** The Secret of Life ** Transreal! Includes ``The 57th Franz Kafka''. 1991 ** WetWare On the moon, sentient robots want to interface with human beings to create a man-machine symbiosis. Sequel to Software. ** White Light Russo, Richard Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Destroying Angel ``"The electrifying new cyberpunk thriller...beyond the future shock of blade runner..." goes the blurb on the cover. This is an incred- ibly predictable Terminator meets Blade Runner story set in a bor- ingly typical CP world. The entire plot is spelled out on the back cover and through the cover art. Pass'' - Wendell Martin 1992 ** Subterranean Gallery Ryan, Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Adolescence of P1 ``Are the desires for feeding and reproduction sufficient to drive self-awareness. How far would a self-aware machine go to preserve its existence.'' - Jim Boritz Shelley, Mary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Frankenstein Shepard, Lucius ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Green Eyes ``A bringing back of the dead to idiot-savant capabilities for `re- search' purposes. A strangely compelling blend of voo-doo, science, death, living, and the use of power. [What no taxes?] Cyber only in voo-doo science giving incredible power, definitely Punk.'' - Liralen Li ** Life During Wartime Shiner, Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Deserted Cities of the Heart 1988 ** Frontera The first privately funded mission to Mars after the collapse of NASA turns nightmarish when the protagonist finds himself programmed to bring something back to Earth, at any cost.  ** The Brigade ** Total Eclipse A large scale story on the re-emergence of fascism as a major polit- ical force, told in a vivid, hallucinatory prose style. ** Transmaniacon 1979 ** Wetbones Sieber, Ulrich ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** International Handbook on Computer Crime Nonfiction. Silverberg, Robert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Shadrach in the Furnace In this version of 1984, a united world is monitored and ruled by an ancient leader who periodically receives organ transplants from tar- geted members of the healthy populace. A cancerous virus plagues the world, slowly consuming those who do not receive regular doses of the secret antidote. ** The World Inside Spinrad, Norman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Agent of Chaos ** Little Heroes 1987 ** Other Americas ** Streetman ** The Iron Dream Stapledon, Olaf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Last and First Men ** Star Maker Stephenson, Neil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Snow Crash Originating on alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo, this strange tale follows a hacker/ninja pizza delivery boy as he saves the world with the help of the mafia and a juvenile delinquent courier chick. 1992 Sterling, Bruce ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Crystal Express (anthology) Five stories from the Shaper/Mechanist saga, two cyberpunk stories, and four fantasy. ``Some duds. Some doozies. Worth buying for the Shaper/Mechanist stories and `Green Days in Brunei'.'' - Stefan Jones 1989 ** Global Head ``More short stories. Some duds, some doozies, and few MIND BLOW- ERS. `Our Neural Chernobyl' and `The Shores of Bohemia' made my brain ache for days.'' - Stefan Jones ** Involution Ocean ``Very strange tale of a drug addict who goes to sea (sort of) to ensure a supply of the monkey on his back. Strange parallels to Moby Dick. A first novel, but it doesn't show. Very good.'' - Stefan Jones ** Islands in the Net A brilliant fast-track couple investigates the threats of anarchy to their culture from those who aren't so well off. 1988 ** Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (editor) 1986 ** Schismatrix A Shaper revolutionary, disowned from his own colony, plays Shaper against Mechanist in his rise to power. 1985 ** The Artificial Kid An action-adventure movie star's existence is threatened by the unseen forces controlling his world when an undead leader returns to life after a long sleep. 1980 ** The Difference Engine In 19th century England, Babbage's Analytical Engine is a reality, allowing the government to keep an eye on its citizens as everything done is recorded by the engines of the police and government. Crim- inology and pure mathematics are born at the same time as the envi- ronmental effects of steam engines and information loss via heat death impact the residents of London. ** The Hacker Crackdown ``Uneven but generally good coverage of the Sundevil raids. Hackers vs. Feds.'' - Stefan Jones Stoll, Clifford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Cuckoo's Egg Nonfiction. ``How much trouble would you go to in order to solve a 75 cent discrenpancy between a bunch of Unix accounting programs?'' - Jim Boritz Stone, Robert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Dog Soldiers ``Stone's post-Beat style and vision of America as a morally bank- rupt party town tearing itself apart is as harrowing as Conrad's `Heart of Darkness'. The difference is that like most cyberpunk, the action could be happening right next door.'' - Mondo 2000 (?) Strieber, Whitlet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Nature's End See review under Kunetka, James. Sturgeon, Theodore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** More Than Human ``What if the next stage of evolution were a collective being?'' - Jim Boritz Swanwick, Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Gravity's Angel Collection. ** Griffin's Egg 1990 ** In the Drift 1985 ** Stations of the Tide 1991 ** Vacuum Flowers A clone designed by a secret master genedesigner engages in a quest to find her purpose and origins after being cast adrift memoryless towards an asteroid colony. The colony organism that now exists on Earth is also interested in her since her personality is rock solid, an interesting state for an imprinted clone. 1987 Thomas, Thomas T. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Crygender ** Me ``A computer virus become self-aware and learns about the struggle for survival.'' - Jim Boritz Thomas, Wes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Virtual Reality: Adventures in Cyberspace Nonfiction. Tiptree, James, Jr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Girl Who was Plugged In Varley, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Millenium Time travelers rescue humans who would have been killed in disasters and take them to the future. Not cyberpunk. ** The Opiuchi Hotline 1977 Vinge, Joan D. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Catspaw Sequel to Psion: Our hero return from obscurity to stop a megola- manic religious politician from enacting a Hilteresque final solu- tion. ** Psion A half-breed alien is recruited into a special program to help refine his psionic powers in the hope that he or someone else will be capable of stopping a mad telepathic criminal. Vinge, Vernor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Across Realtime Contains ``Marooned in Realtime'' and ``The Peace War'', along with ``The Ungoverned'' from ``True Names and Other Dangers.'' ** Marooned in Realtime As the survivors of humanity jump forward in time, safely secured within their bobbles, someone is left behind who may have stopped a coup by an unscrupulous tele-evangelist. ** The Peace War The threat of war is obliterated when the capability to permanently seal one's enemies inside of impenetrable shells is discovered. However, the inventor bides his time in the peaceful dictatorship. ** Threats and Other Promises ** True Names and Other Dangers The government, controlled netrunners, and an unknown entity battle for control of the world's computer resources. Watkins, William John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Going to See the End of the Sky ** The Centrifugal Rickshaw Dancer Weaver, Michael D. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Mercedes Nights The cloning of a popular movie star/sex-symbol presents its own problems when the original discovers the duplicity. ** My Father Immortal A family that prepared to survive WWIII and then awaken to rule over the survivors, finds that the bioengineered survivors don't need or want their interference or rules. Williams, Walter Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Angel Station Two biogenetically bred orphans steal back their dead father's spaceship and fight for their economic freedom beyond the stars. ** Aristoi ** Facets (anthology) ** Hardwired Twelve years after Earth loses the Earth-Orbital war, panzerboys perform illegal runs from the west coast where the orbital shuttles land, across what once was America, to the northeast, encountering frequent organized resistance. 1986 ** Solips System ** Voice of the Whirlwind A clone with 15 year old memories searches for both his missing memories and for the people who killed him and who wish to use his training for their own goals. 1987 Wilson, Robert C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Memory Wire Artificial holographic crystals created by an alien race and mined from a huge meteorite impact in South America promote illegal trade and a reporter's quest for knowledge of their secrets. 1987 Wingrove, David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Chung Kuo I: The Middle Kingdom ** Chung Kuo II: The Broken Wheel ** Chung Kuo III: The White Mountain Wolfe, Gene ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Book of the New Sun Wolverton, Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** On My Way to Paradise Womack, Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Ambient 1987 ** Elvissey ** Heathern ** Terraplane Wyndham, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Chrysalids ``In this post-apocalyptic story some humans have begun to develop telepathic abilities. Will they survive or will they be destroyed by the religious fervor that demands that all deviations from the true form be destroyed?'' - Jim Boritz Yarbo, Chelsea Quinn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Hyacinths Zahn, Timothy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Cobra ** Cobra Bargain ** Cobra Strike Zamyatin, Yevgeny ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** We


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Liverpool happy but grounded after 'special' win over City
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk admitted the win over title rivals Manchester City was "special" but there were no excessive celebrations as it is still only November.
The 3-1 victory at Anfield put Jurgen Klopp's side nine points clear of the defending champions, in fourth, and eight ahead of Leicester and Chelsea.
They have taken 34 points from a possible 36 since the start of the season and the only other two clubs to have been in a similar position - Manchester United in 1993 and City in 2017 - both went on to win the title.
Van Dijk said the players were not getting ahead of themselves, however.
"It's like any other three points of course, but it was a bit special because you are playing against the champions, your direct rival," said the Holland defender.
"You can imagine everyone is happy we got three points again, especially before an international break.
"It is not a nice feeling if you go into the international break having dropped points - especially at home - so we were very good and we had to be if we were going to get the three points.
"We all know and we all feel there are so many games left that so many things can happen between now and May.
"We are very happy with the position we are in, but we cannot take it for granted. We just have to keep going and take it game-by-game.
"The busy period is still to come - December is unbelievably busy. Then we have January and February and you never know what can happen.
"We want everyone to be fit and at their best, but you can't be at your best every other day. Hopefully we will do it, but we can't think about it."
City have now lost three times already - they have lost only six league matches in winning their last two titles combined - and they are closer to fifth-placed Sheffield United than they are to Liverpool.
But Van Dijk refused to write off Pep Guardiola's side, who famously won the final 14 matches of last season to pip Liverpool to the title by just one point, or under-estimate their other challengers.
"They are the champions first of all so they will definitely be up there again," he added.
"The other teams have been doing well. The only thing we focus on is the game ahead of us.
"It's pretty boring I keep saying it, but it is actually a fact. Let's just go for it.
"We are very happy with the situation and we shouldn't take it for granted. Anything can happen."


- ignite(Throwable) - Static method in class cufy.util.Reflection
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A java syntax glitch to throw any throwable without the need to catch it.
- IllegalMetaException - Exception in cufy.meta
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Any error occurred from unappreciated annotation or annotation value.
- IllegalMetaException() - Constructor for exception cufy.meta.IllegalMetaException
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Constructs a new bad annotation exception with null as its detail message.
- IllegalMetaException(String) - Constructor for exception cufy.meta.IllegalMetaException
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Constructs a new bad annotation exception with the specified detail message.
- IllegalMetaException(String, Throwable) - Constructor for exception cufy.meta.IllegalMetaException
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Constructs a new bad annotation exception with the specified detail message and cause.
- IllegalMetaException(Throwable) - Constructor for exception cufy.meta.IllegalMetaException
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Constructs a new bad annotation exception with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which
typically contains the class and detail message of cause).
- IllegalMetaException(String, Throwable, boolean, boolean) - Constructor for exception cufy.meta.IllegalMetaException
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Constructs a new bad annotation exception with the specified detail message, cause, suppression enabled or disabled, and writable stack trace
enabled or disabled.
- IllegalThreadException - Exception in cufy.lang
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An exception thrown when a thread tries to execute a code that shouldn't be executed by it.
- IllegalThreadException() - Constructor for exception cufy.lang.IllegalThreadException
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Constructs a new illegal access exception with null as its detail message.
- IllegalThreadException(String) - Constructor for exception cufy.lang.IllegalThreadException
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Constructs a new illegal access exception with the specified detail message.
- IllegalThreadException(String, Throwable) - Constructor for exception cufy.lang.IllegalThreadException
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Constructs a new illegal access exception with the specified detail message and cause.
- IllegalThreadException(Throwable) - Constructor for exception cufy.lang.IllegalThreadException
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Constructs a new illegal access exception with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which
typically contains the class and detail message of cause).
- IllegalThreadException(String, Throwable, boolean, boolean) - Constructor for exception cufy.lang.IllegalThreadException
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Constructs a new illegal access exception with the specified detail message, cause, suppression enabled or disabled, and writable stack trace
enabled or disabled.
- input - Variable in class cufy.convert.ConvertToken
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The input object.
- input - Variable in class cufy.text.ClassifyToken
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The reader to read input from.
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The input object.
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The reader to read the input from.
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The class that the input do have.
- instance - Variable in class cufy.beans.Bean.FieldEntry
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The instance that this entry is editing.
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Used to be the communication method between 2 (or more) threads (loops).
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- instructor - Variable in class cufy.io.RemoteInputStream
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The instructor to allow this stream to run.
- instructor - Variable in class cufy.io.RemoteOutputStream
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The instructor to allow this stream to run.
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The instructor to allow this reader to run.
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The instructor to allow this writer to run.
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Get if this group is alive or not.
- isAlive() - Method in class cufy.concurrent.Loop
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Get if this loop is alive or not.
- isArray() - Method in class cufy.lang.Clazz
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Determines if this Clazz object represents an array class.
- isArray(ClassifyToken<Collection>) - Method in class cufy.text.json.JSON
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Check if the given string should be parsed as Array
or not.
- isAssignableFrom(Clazz) - Method in class cufy.lang.Clazz
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Determine if the class represented by this clazz is a super class for the class represented by the given clazz.
- isAssignableFrom(Class) - Method in class cufy.lang.Clazz
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Determine if the class represented by this clazz is a super class for the given class.
- isBoolean(ClassifyToken<Boolean>) - Method in class cufy.text.json.JSON
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Check if the given string should be parsed as Boolean
or not.
- isCurrentThread() - Method in class cufy.concurrent.Loop
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Check if the caller thread is the current thread of this loop.
- isEmpty() - Method in interface cufy.beans.Bean
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- isEmpty() - Method in interface cufy.beans.FullBean
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- isEmpty(ClassifyToken<Empty>) - Method in class cufy.text.json.JSON
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Check if no value the reader contains.
- isInstance(Object) - Method in class cufy.lang.Clazz
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Determine if the given object is instance of this clazz.
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Return whether this buffer is marked or not.
- isMarked() - Method in class cufy.io.BufferedReader
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Return whether this buffer is marked or not.
- isNull(ClassifyToken<Void>) - Method in class cufy.text.json.JSON
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Check if the remaining character on the given reader should be parsed as null or not.
- isNumber(ClassifyToken<Number>) - Method in class cufy.text.json.JSON
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Check if the given string should be parsed as Number
or not.
- isObject(ClassifyToken<Map>) - Method in class cufy.text.json.JSON
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Check if the given string should be parsed as Object
or not.
- isRemainingEquals(Reader, boolean, boolean, boolean, String...) - Static method in class cufy.util.Readerz
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This method will check if the remaining characters in the given reader is equals to any of the given strings.
- isString(ClassifyToken<String>) - Method in class cufy.text.json.JSON
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Check if the given string should be parsed as String
or not.
- iterable - Variable in class cufy.concurrent.Foreach
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List of items to loop.


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Sonatine (R) *** Fireworks (Hana-Bi) *** 1/2
Takeshi Kitano is truly the "King of All Media" in Japan, where he has conquered the worlds of film, television, radio, newspapers, even stand-up comedy. However, if American audiences know him at all, it is likely for his villainous role in the putrid cyberthriller Johnny Mnemonic. That could all change with the near-simultaneous stateside launches of two of his writing-directing-editing-acting efforts, Sonatine and Fireworks (Hana-Bi).
Notice I wrote "could" instead of "will" or "should," because Kitano's poetic, meditative brand of filmmaking will probably be as difficult for most mainstream audiences to sit through as it is to describe (at the showing of Sonatine I attended, there were more than a handful of walkouts). These two films fit squarely within a genre (in both of these cases, crime thriller), yet they are made in a stylized, lyrical style more befitting of avant-garde arthouse fare. The resulting works are slow and somewhat difficult, but they prove to be rewarding sits for the more open-minded viewer.
In 1993's Sonatine, Kitano (billed under his acting moniker "'Beat' Takeshi") plays an aging small-time gangster dispatched by his boss to go to Okinawa to help resolve a turf conflict. After an ambush, a double-cross is clearly afoot, and he and his crew of rather immature young men retreat to a seaside cabin. It is during this section that most people departed the auditorium, but it's not for the reasons one may think. Although there are brief bursts of bloody violence interspersed throughout the film, what (for lack of a better word) "offended" was the attention to behavior that would normally be deemed too trivial to be shown onscreen. Kitano spends plenty of time focusing on what these men do to keep themselves from complete boredom, such as staging mock sumo wrestling matches. It sounds kind of boring on the page (and, apparently for some it's boring on screen as well), but the quirky humor of these scenes give what could easily be a tired story an unusual air of freshness and humanity.
As expertly made as it is, what I found lacking in Sonatine was any emotional connection, which diminished the power of the finale. The same cannot be said of Kitano's most recent effort, Fireworks (Hana-Bi). In this film, Kitano, in a nearly silent role, plays a former cop who takes his terminally ill wife (Kayoko Kishimoto) on an extended road trip; at the same time, police tail him for a bank robbery he made in order to pay off a mob loan shark. Much like Sonatine, the film moves at a leisurely pace; there are brief, unsettling bursts of violence; and laughs are derived from quirky situations and behavior. But Fireworks is more richly satifying to the emotions and the senses. Serving as a counterpoint to the main plot is the story is of a crippled former partner (Ren Osugi) who searches for meaning through painting. His paintings (which, not so surprisingly, are actually painted by Kitano himself) are extensively viewed in haunting wordless sequences, which provide the film with a stunning visual framework that grows increasingly ominous as the quietly poignant conclusion draws near.
It is unlikely that the films of Takeshi Kitano will be as widely embraced by American viewers as those of Hong Kong directors. But in Sonatine and Fireworks, Kitano proves to be a gifted cinematic visionary whose truly unique work deserves stateside recognition, even if that recognition comes from a fairly limited, though highly appreciative, audience.
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I was born and raised in a small town called Bloomington, California where I lived in a single room of my grandma's house with my mom, dad, sister, and family pet for the first eleven years of my life. Our family, as long as I can remember, has always been poor but along with that poverty, we have always been hihgly dedicated to one another's success.
It is due to my parent's dedication to me that I have developed into the driven, ambitious, and dedicated person I am today. I have included some pictures of my family (both personal and work family) below so you can get to know them better:


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step evaluates form in the current environment. A call to step can be compiled, but it is acceptable for an implementation to interactively step through only those parts of the computation that are interpreted.
It is technically permissible for a conforming implementation to take no action at all other than normal execution of the form. In such a situation, (step form) is equivalent to, for example, (let () form). In implementations where this is the case, the associated documentation should mention that fact.
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Collects up to 25 different cards with memes to join the card-battle arena
Build your own meme deck to join the card-battle arena
Battle to earn in-game money to unlock multiple new cards
Join the card-battle arena with your own built deck
Get a random deck with endless possibility to enter the card-battle
Have a limited time to beat the opponent
MemeCards is a fun, interactive yet simple turn-based card game that everyone can enjoy. It is a fusion of the classic Rock-paper-scissor, Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh and Memes. Players will pick their best cards to construct a deck for the battle. Each card has its own power and attributes that can be a huge advantage if used in the right situation. Players will have to use their cards effectively to beat the opponent in a best of of 5 match. While playing the game, players can earn in-game currency through battle. With each win, the player will be rewarded with money to unlock new cards in the library. Players can buy new cards from the library to add to their collection. With newly collected cards, players can also use them to construct their brand new deck. Cards can also be sorted into categories so that players can easily see which one is the best to pick when constructing their deck. Players can also see how many cards in total they've unlocked. These statistics are saved so that the that is able to see how they have been progressing over time. Players also have 3 game modes to choose from, namely personalized deck mode, random deck mode and time constraint mode.
All members finished distributed works on time and members were enthusiastic to help those who in trouble. Members shared their ideas when they did their works so that each member could see the whole picture about this project.
Since the coding style are different, bugs and code smells occurred when codes from different team members try to merge. We seldom held meeting face-to-face, resulting in most communications are done at Whatsapp which is not very efficient.
We managed to fix all the bugs and code smells that existed in iteration 2. We organized our tests into three layers: Unit test, Integration test and Acceptance test.
We have trimmed some features we designed in iteration 0 such as music/sound effect system, achievement system and a simple tutorial system that show information of each iteration for first-time player. For the other features, we modified them to suit our project better. For example, to make the game more challenging, we originally wanted to design three levels of AI player as three game modes. However, now we choose to change gameplay instead of AI player as our game modes to provide different challenges. Thus, normal, random deck and time constraints are the modes we developed in the end.
We learned the importance of team work in this large project development since it is large and no one could finish it alone. Therefore, team members should focus on the parts they are good at and need to complete their jobs on time. That's what we need to keep doing. For what we start to do, we suggest that all members should follow certain coding standard to avoid bugs. In addition, we should meet more frequently and process the project together and stop using only online communication tool.


While searching for interesting DLL functions, I came across a duplicate entry for LaunchINFSection.
As previously analyzed this is the lead in function to invoke with rundll32/advpack.dll.
It was then that I discovered IEadvpack.dll
I tested this finding with this very similar command:
rundll32.exe ieadvpack.dll,LaunchINFSection test.inf,,1,
As expected, the INF-SCT execution is successful!
*Note: Like Advpack.dll, IEadvpack.dll/LaunchINFSection can bypass Default AppLocker Rules.


Boston's four centuries of history are exhibited by the city's must-see sights. Boston isn't just a center point for baseball, scholarly universities, and brownstones. It's additionally home to America's first extensive free municipal open library, the primary subway framework, the principal state-funded school, and the open park. To state the city is historic would be underscoring it, however, this mischievous brilliant school town doesn't linger in the historic remains, either.
Begin your visit on the Freedom Trail, which will lead you to tourist spots like the Paul Revere House and Boston Common. Or on the other hand, find Beantown's refined side at the Museum of Fine Arts and its style sense along Newbury Street. In case you're a devotee of baseball, you can't miss getting a diversion at Fenway Park, home to the cherished Red Sox. In spite of the fact that blowing through your movement subsidize is a snap in Boston, there are additionally a lot of activities that won't cost you a dime; the exquisite Boston Public Garden and the exuberant Faneuil Hall Marketplace can be experienced without being a spendthrift!
#01 Sam LaGrassa's
#02 Salumeria Italiana
#03 Mario's Restaurant
#04 Italian Express Pizzeria
#05 Monica’s Mercato and Salumeria
#06 Maria's Pastry Shop
#07 Bova's Bakery
#08 Ostra
#09 Mistral
#10 SRV Restaurant
The best time to visit Boston is from June to October. Gentle fall climate makes visiting around by walking a delight. Furthermore, despite the fact that mid-year acquires swarms of voyagers and costly in rates, the walkway bistros, ball games, and open-air shows make it worth an excursion. Winter is crisp, so pack a comfortable coat and a couple of boots on the off chance that you choose to see Beantown sprinkled (or inundated) with snow. Another motivation: you may get a lot on lodging. On the off chance that winter is unseasonably cold for you however summer and pre-winter's lodging rates fall outside your financial plan, take a stab at visiting toward the beginning of the spring season.
#01 XV Beacon
#02 Boston Harbor Hotel
#03 Mandarin Oriental
#04 Four Seasons Hotel
#05 The Ritz-Carlton
#06 The Liberty
#07 Fairmont Copley Plaza
#08 Hotel Commonwealth
#09 Intercontinental Boston
#10 The Eliot Hotel


provide modifiers and support methods for std:ostream More...
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provide modifiers and support methods for std:ostream
change the color of the output stream


Package for downloading Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow cover data. Global daily snow cover at 500 m resolution derived from MODIS is made available by the National Snow and Ice Center Data Center <http://nsidc.org/>.
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| Imports: | raster, RCurl, lubridate, gdalUtils |
| Published: | 2016-12-13 |
| Author: | Johannes Signer [aut, cre], Joel Trubilowicz [aut] |
| Maintainer: | Johannes Signer <jmsigner at gmail.com> |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/jmsigner/MODISSnow/issues |
| License: | GPL-3 |
| URL: | https://github.com/jmsigner/MODISSnow |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| CRAN checks: | MODISSnow results |
| Reference manual: | MODISSnow.pdf |
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- My name is Thaer braizat ,i live in Madaba
- recently graduated from Al- Balqa' Applied University (BAU) in computer engineer.
- I like to play online games as hobby but now , I don't have much time for this hobby.
- I like all types of sport games .
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THELMA AND LOUISE A film review by Dave Gross Copyright 1991 Dave Gross
I'm willing to let a lot of things I disagree with slide for the sake of art. For instance, I despise racism, but I won't overly criticize a joke that depends on racial stereotypes -- as long as the joke is funny. Most of those sort of jokes aren't funny at all, though, so rarely to I have this opportunity to rein in my social conscience.
This was the attitude with which I approached THELMA AND LOUISE. I had heard enough about the film to know that it quite possibly would violate quite a bit of the men's movement's version of politically correct thought. I was willing to let these considerations take a back seat to the art of the movie.
For a while, that worked out fine. The movie wasn't too cerebral, but sort of fell into the old suburban action fantasy Walter Mitty thing. You know ... the "Gee my life is boring, wouldn't it be exciting if ..." sketch. Not at all foreign to film. Ad executive finds himself in the middle of a terrorist plot; Housewife gets mistaken for daughter of millionaire, madcap adventure erupts upon being snatched by Keystone Kidnappers; Ordinary caring father dons super-hero garb to take vengeance on criminal element. We've seen this sort of thing before.
And certainly there have been a number of movies about men who have gone beyond the law, using violence to terrorize the countryside and cash in on macho derring do. ROBIN HOOD, coming out this summer, will probably fall into this mold. Look for enough murder and armed robbery in this one to far outshine the criminal mayhem in THELMA AND LOUISE.
But, unfortunately for the film's fate in this review, the quality just isn't very good, which meant that I had time to start thinking politics.
It's true, I noticed right away, that the men in the film are mostly reeking of the slime from the depths from which they have crawled. I didn't immediately fault the film for this, since the only real female roles in the film were the title characters, and I didn't think they represented wonderful examples of the species, either.
I could talk about some of the reasons why I didn't think the film or the story were very good. One of the main flaws, I thought, was with the characters. It seemed to me that the plot wasn't something that they did, so much as something that happened to them. And their epiphanal sayings every time they committed some violent act made me wonder if these wonderful things they were discovering about themselves or about life didn't really add up to much more than an adrenaline rush -- explanations didn't get much deeper than that.
But seeing as this is soc.men, not talk.movies or whatever [well, it was soc.men before -Moderator], I won't go into my ideas of what made the film flawed as a film. I will talk a little about the images of men and women in the film.
As I mentioned before, there are few truly heroic figures in the film, unless you count Thelma and Louise themselves (I don't). There is one boyfriend who isn't entirely seedy, at least as far as we can tell through his cold exterior. And there is the Good Cop (tm) whose motivations for his understanding behavior are left completely unexplained by the film.
This is not such a horrible crime in itself, since as I mentioned before, the two main female characters are also not the sort of people I'd choose to spend time with. I can't think of any other female characters in the film who even warranted speaking roles (other than maybe "Some more coffee?"), so it's hard to say whether this was just equal opportunity misanthropy.
So for a while, the film is pretty fair-minded. Then about two-thirds of the way through, things start getting preachy. If you didn't realize that this was supposed to be a women's liberation film, you learn fast. The preachy stage reaches its peak when Thelma and Louise manage to get the aforementioned truck driver to pull over.
It gets spread pretty thickly at this point, and drove the nails in the coffin for the film, in my opinion. But don't decide not to see the film because it is anti-male and a poor representation of liberated women. Decide not to see the film because it isn't a good film. Or I suppose you can find out for yourself, but go on bargain night :-)
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Cel shading is a technique to make 3D objects look 2D or flat. In 2D, you can make an object look 3D by applying a smooth gradient. However, with cel shading, you're breaking up the gradients into abrupt transitions. Typically there is only one transition where the shading goes from fully lit to fully shadowed. When combined with outlining, cel shading can really sell the 2D cartoon look.
// ...
float diffuseIntensity = max(dot(normal, unitLightDirection), 0.0);
diffuseIntensity = step(0.1, diffuseIntensity);
// ...
Revisiting the lighting model, modify the diffuseIntensity
such that it is either zero or one.
The step
function returns zero if the input is less than the edge and one otherwise.
// ...
if (diffuseIntensity >= 0.8) { diffuseIntensity = 1.0; }
else if (diffuseIntensity >= 0.6) { diffuseIntensity = 0.6; }
else if (diffuseIntensity >= 0.3) { diffuseIntensity = 0.3; }
else { diffuseIntensity = 0.0; }
// ...
If you would like to have a few steps or transitions, you can perform something like the above.
Another approach is to put your step values into a texture with the transitions going from darker to lighter. Using the diffuseIntensity
as a U coordinate, it will automatically transform itself.
// ...
float specularIntensity = clamp(dot(normal, halfwayDirection), 0.0, 1.0);
specularIntensity = step(0.98, specularIntensity);
// ...
Using the step
function again, set the specularIntensity
to be either zero or one. You can also use one of the other approaches described up above for the specular highlight as well. After you've altered the specularIntensity
, the rest of the lighting calculations are the same.
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For the latest development version of the documentation please visit dev.holoviews.org
Latest updates
Apr 25th 2017: HoloViews 1.7.0 released and now available on PyPI and Anaconda.
Aug 22nd 2016: Released the GeoViews library extending HoloViews with support for geographic plots and projections.
December 5th 2015: Now includes extensive support for the Bokeh plotting library.
May 14th 2015: Talk and paper on HoloViews to appear at the SciPy 2015 conference.
Feb 25th 2015: HoloViews announced as the winner in its category at the UK Open Source Awards 2015.


With your new knowledge, you pretty much become Thor (or whatever Avenger you like). You can make something AND you can deploy it!
You can do and re-do this process as often as you need to. EC2 instances are easy to terminate and restart, and apache/nginx aren't intimidating if you keep them simple.
Once you've mastered the simple process, you can start blazing into the more complicated portions of apache and nginx.


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Entity Framework Code First Optimization
Optimizations for EF Code First, especially at startup.
NGen
EF 6+ is released by Nuget, and so not NGened. Optimizing the 5Mb dll is an easy fix (run as Admin, this is 64bit).
%WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\ngen install EntityFramework.dll
No Migrations / Hard-code ManifestToken
The migrations code is easy in development, but startup will be slow in production. See Rowan Miller on the CF database calls. As he explains, the database version is generally know too, so you can eliminate all the calls with this DbConfiguration:
using System.Data.Common;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
namespace Data
{
/// <summary>
/// DbConfiguration
/// </summary>
public class CustomConfiguration : DbConfiguration
{
public CustomConfiguration()
{
SetDatabaseInitializer<CustomContext>(null);
SetManifestTokenResolver(new CustomManifestTokenResolver());
}
internal class CustomManifestTokenResolver : IManifestTokenResolver
{
private readonly IManifestTokenResolver _defaultResolver = new DefaultManifestTokenResolver();
public string ResolveManifestToken(DbConnection connection)
{
var sqlConn = connection as SqlConnection;
//for SQLServer, 2008 or 2012
return sqlConn != null ? "2012" : _defaultResolver.ResolveManifestToken(connection);
}
}
}
}
If the DbConfiguration is not in the same assembly as the DbContext, add
<entityFramework codeConfigurationType="Data.CustomConfiguration, Data">
or...
[DbConfigurationType(typeof(CustomConfiguration))]
public class CustomContext : DbContext
Transient SQL errors
In EF 6.1, this only exists for Azure errors in the DbConfiguration:
SetExecutionStrategy("System.Data.SqlClient", () => new System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlAzureExecutionStrategy());
There is no in-the-box support for non-Azure errors (like deadlocks).
Lazy loading
Can be good or bad...
- You can avoid N+1 problems with LazyLoading with Includes
- You can turn off LazyLoading with context.Configuration.LazyLoadingEnabled = false;
- You can disable LazyLoading by forgetting to make association properties virtual
- Too many Includes make big, complex queries.
- Preload the associations with dbSet.Load(), then do the query and reply on EF fixing up the associations.
Project queries (use DTOs)
dbSet.AsNoTracking() creates entities without change tracking (or context.dbSet.MergeOption = MergeOption.NoTracking; )
Otherwise, consider using query projection into a DTO (with Linq .Select). Don't load what you don't need.
For maximum efficiency, use rawSql, via the DbContext.Database or Dapper:
var products = context.Database.SqlQuery<Product>(
"select * from Products where Price>@p0", 2);
EntityFramework.Extended
The nuget package EntityFramework.Extended (github) includes batch updates and deletes, .Future() and .FromCache() (uses memory cache or provider).
Multi-tenant DbContext
Generally simpler, smaller models are much more efficient. If you don't use migrations (use a Database null initializer) you can have true multi-tenant DbContexts. Since EF 6.1, we can have multiple DbContexts per database. In the migration configuration, there is a ContextKey which is by default the FQN of the DbContext.
Then when creating the migration specify which you are using.
enable-migrations -contextTypeName:OrderContext -MigrationsDirectory:OrderMigrations enable-migrations -contextTypeName:productContext -MigrationsDirectory:ProductMigrations add-migration -configuration:Data.OrderMigrations.Configuration "Initial" add-migration -configuration:Data.ProductMigrations.Configuration "Initial" update-database -configuration:Data.OrderMigrations.Configuration
Other
- DbContext should be short-lived (in asp, per-request). In longer-lived console batches, a single open DbContext is a bad idea.
- See MSDN for info on pre-generated views etc.


November 2019 Discounts On BS6 Cars – Alto, Wagon R, Swift, Dzire, Baleno
by Surendhar MMaruti Suzuki Alto 800, Wagon R, Swift, Dzire and Baleno complying with BSVI emission standards are offered with massive discounts this month
Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) began introducing BSVI compliant models in April 2019 and over the months, the largest carmaker in the country has been expanding its reach rapidly. Despite being new to the domestic market, they could not shy from the discount spree.
The automobile industry has been witnessing massive sales slowdown throughout 2019 and the only way of recovery, at least partly, is to offer big discounts and benefits even for the popular cars and the companies are doing just that to garner new audience.
In November 2019, the entry-level Maruti Suzuki Alto 800 is sold with Rs. 33,000 cash discount, Rs. 15,000 exchange bonus and Rs. 5,000 corporate discount adding to a total of Rs. 53,000 benefits. The Wagon R, on the other hand, comes with benefits of up to Rs. 25,000.
| Models | November 2019 Discount |
| Maruti Alto 800 BS6 | 33K Cash + 15K Exchange + Rs 5000 Corporate Discount |
| Maruti Wagon R BS6 | 20K Exchange Bonus + Rs 5000 Corporate |
| Maruti Swift BS6 | 20K Cash + 20K Exchange + Rs 5000 Corporate |
| Maruti Dzire BS6 | 25k Cash + 20K Exchange + Rs 5000 Corporate |
| Maruti Baleno BS6 | Rs 20K Cash (Sigma) / Rs 15K Cash on other Variants + 15K Exchange + Rs 5000 Corporate |
| Hyundai Grand i10 Nios | No Discount |
| Kia Seltos | No Discount |
| Maruti S Presso Ertiga XL6 BS6 |
No Discount |
It includes Rs. 20,000 exchange bonus and Rs. 5,000 corporate discount. The BSVI compliant Swift gets Rs. 45,000 benefits. The hatchback is offered with Rs. 20,000 cash discount, Rs. 20,000 exchange bonus and Rs. 5,000 corporate discount in the month of November 2019.
The Swift’s sedan sibling, Dzire, is retailed with up to Rs. 50,000 benefits (Rs. 25,000 cash discount, Rs. 20,000 exchange bonus and Rs. 5,000 corporate bonus). The Baleno sticking by BSVI standards is sold with up to Rs. 40,000 benefits including Rs. 20,000 cash discount on Sigma variant or Rs. 15,000 cash discount on others, Rs. 15,000 exchange bonus and Rs. 5,000 corporate bonus.
The other notable BSVI models launched this year are third-generation Hyundai Grand i10 Nios, Jeep Compass Trailhawk, Kia Seltos, Maruti Suzuki XL6 and Maruti Suzuki S-Presso. They do not offer any discounts just yet!