| From: | Snake Eyes snake.eyes@********.att.net |
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| Subject: | Favorite Cyberpunk |
| Date: | Sat, 31 Jul 1999 19:41:09 -0700 |
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At 07:18 PM 7/31/99 -0400, Twist wrote:
>What is your favorite cyberpunk novel? One which really sets the standard by
>which you define the idea of a dark, gritty future? (This can be SR as well,
>if you believe one is of merit for the running.)
Neal Stephenson's _Snow Crash_ is great, if maybe a little bit over the
top. I also really liked Gibson's _Count Zero_ (except for the silly
voodoo ghost in the net crap) and the "Sprawl Trilogy" from _Burning
Chrome_ is worthy of merit. I remember reading the original "Johnny
Mnemonic" in Omni and it still pretty much defines the genre for me. Bruce
Sterling's Mirrorshades anthology kind of kicks ass, too, (in fact I took
my "handle" from the title of one of those shorts) and his _Islands in the
Net_ projects a plausible image of a near (but not so dark) corporatist future.
~ Snake Eyes
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At 07:18 PM 7/31/99 -0400, Twist wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>What is your favorite cyberpunk novel?
One which really sets the standard by <br>
which you define the idea of a dark, gritty future? (This can be SR
as well, <br>
if you believe one is of merit for the running.)</blockquote><br>
Neal Stephenson's _Snow Crash_ is great, if maybe a little bit over the
top. I also really liked Gibson's _Count Zero_ (except for the
silly voodoo ghost in the net crap) and the "Sprawl Trilogy"
from _Burning Chrome_ is worthy of merit. I remember reading the
original "Johnny Mnemonic" in Omni and it still pretty much
defines the genre for me. Bruce Sterling's Mirrorshades anthology
kind of kicks ass, too, (in fact I took my "handle" from the
title of one of those shorts) and his _Islands in the Net_ projects a
plausible image of a near (but not so dark) corporatist future.<br>
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~ Snake Eyes<br>
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