From:	Mark A Shieh SHODAN+@***.EDU
Subject:	OT Re: Interesting...
Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 1999 14:30:12 -0500 (EST)

"Patrick Goodman" <remo@***.net> writes:
> From: Bruce
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 7:40 AM
>
> >>>As for the William Gibson movie, well... I've heard rumours but
> >>>they're only rumours from what my 'inside sources' (cliched eh?)
> >>>tell me.
> >>
> >>Probably doesn't matter. It's based on a Gibson novel, which
> >>generally means it's gonna blow....
> >
> >Bigotry makes you nasty :)
>
> You'll get over it. Gibson's a horrible writer from this side of the table,
> and I've yet to figure out why so many people think he's the Second Coming.
> You want *good* cyberpunk, read Neal Stephenson or Bruce Bethke or Raphael
> Carter.

I have to disagree about Neal Stephenson's works. He may be
one of my favorite authors, but that doesn't mean he writes good
cyberpunk. He writes wonderful fiction/sci-fi, but if you're going to
be critiquing it on its cp merits, I'd have to call it average at
best. His characters always seemed a bit too heroic, and the setting
is a bit off to be properly cp. Has he written anything since Diamond
Age (my least favorite of his books)?

Mark