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Both "Pretty Boy Crossover" and "Flowers of Edo" share a similar and resounding theme. People are afraid of change, death, being left out, and not knowing things. People would rather choose to evade these realities, or even decide to escape them by doing suicide. They do whatever it takes to fit in, to be worshipped, and to be immortal. They do all of this in order to maintain their sanity, because they can't accept being outcast, or can't accept death. People would rather do what's popular instead of what's right because they cannot
stand the fact of that someone might be talking behind their backs if they don't; they would much rather fit into society. However, Pat Cadigan's "Pretty Boy Crossover" and Bruce Sterling's "Flowers of Edo" both portray protagonists that defeat the odds and decide to live in an actual reality where they choose to maintain their values and decide to do what's moral, despite society's strong influence and pressure.
"Pretty Boy Crossover," is about......

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