From:	Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject:	Help!
Date:	Fri, 11 Nov 1994 12:24:20 -0500

>>>>> "Erik" == Erik S Jameson <esj@***.UUG.ARIZONA.EDU>
writes:

Erik> On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, Robert A. Hayden wrote:
>> Why bother? It's really not that great a book. The writing is choppy,
>> the plot non-existant, the characters mostly one-dimensional with little
>> ambitions or reason for doing what they do. There are plenty better
>> works out there that give you a feel for cyberpunk and isn't crap.

Erik> BLASPEHMY!!! I honestly don't understand how you can make those
Erik> statements, Mr. Hayden.

Probably because they're true. _Neuromancer_ is not one of Gibson's better
efforts, and _Count Zero_ is worse, and _Mona Lisa Overdrive_ is just plain
confusing. As writers go, I much prefer Walter Jon Williams and Steve Perry.

Erik> There is a very clear plot, one which is only the first part of a
Erik> rough trilogy (Count Zero then Mona Lisa Overdrive), the charaters
Erik> are actually somewhat complex, and it IS the novel that really
Erik> started the whole Cyberpunk movement, not only in literature but in
Erik> real life also.

Ummm... no. Not even close. The "movement" existed before _Neuromancer_;
that's like saying "Vampire: The Masquerade" created the gothic punk
movement, which is also untrue. Both existed before these works, but it was
these works that made them part of pop culture.

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