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This reads like someone who did not read Neuromancer when it was released in 1984, so they fail to understand how groundbreaking it was for the time. And someon

by jdkee 7y ago

This reads like someone who did not read Neuromancer when it was released in 1984, so they fail to understand how groundbreaking it was for the time. And someone who doesn't know it was the first novel to win all three major awards of the science fiction genre. And how influential the novel (and the Sprawl trilogy) were to a broader cultural movement.

cletus 7y ago
This comment reads like one from sometimes who stopped at the first sentence when it became clear I don't fawn over Neuromsncer because I _literally_ said I read it years later. I also makes the point that it may well have been groundbreaking butt groundbreaking doesn't necessarily mean good fiction. Interestingly Goodreads had it are 3.9/5 and a quick scan of the 5 star reviews all seem to mention how groundbreaking it was. I can give credit for that but if you take that offer of the picture you're left with a completely forgettable work of fiction. As for those who say how her predicted the future... Did he? Did he really? We don't live in a dystopia, VR is a gimmick, corporations haven't replaced governments and enhanced humans are still a fantasy. As for the cell phone as a portable computer, the Pl prediction for that goes back to at least 1974 with The Mote in God's Eye. This thread has done nothing but affirm my view that many people get completely enraptured with and are unable to separate themselves from nostalgia.
- e12e 7y ago
  Maybe some new readers expect something... More? I personally am a great fan - and I do think William Gibson And Bruce Sterling did a lot to cement cyberpunk as a strong genere (not alone, Vernor Vinge, Philip K Dick certainly played a big part). But the line continues back - William Gibson wrote a new foreword to Tiger, Tiger / The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. And Richard Morgan's series Altered Carbon continue forward in this vein of combining punk/pulp, dystopia and technology. Personally I grown more and more fond of Gibson's vision of escaped AIs being worshipped as Vodou legbas.

by jdkee 7y ago

cletus 7y ago

This comment reads like one from sometimes who stopped at the first sentence when it became clear I don't fawn over Neuromsncer because I _literally_ said I read it years later. I also makes the point that it may well have been groundbreaking butt groundbreaking doesn't necessarily mean good fiction. Interestingly Goodreads had it are 3.9/5 and a quick scan of the 5 star reviews all seem to mention how groundbreaking it was. I can give credit for that but if you take that offer of the picture you're left with a completely forgettable work of fiction. As for those who say how her predicted the future... Did he? Did he really? We don't live in a dystopia, VR is a gimmick, corporations haven't replaced governments and enhanced humans are still a fantasy. As for the cell phone as a portable computer, the Pl prediction for that goes back to at least 1974 with The Mote in God's Eye. This thread has done nothing but affirm my view that many people get completely enraptured with and are unable to separate themselves from nostalgia.

e12e 7y ago
Maybe some new readers expect something... More? I personally am a great fan - and I do think William Gibson And Bruce Sterling did a lot to cement cyberpunk as a strong genere (not alone, Vernor Vinge, Philip K Dick certainly played a big part). But the line continues back - William Gibson wrote a new foreword to Tiger, Tiger / The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. And Richard Morgan's series Altered Carbon continue forward in this vein of combining punk/pulp, dystopia and technology. Personally I grown more and more fond of Gibson's vision of escaped AIs being worshipped as Vodou legbas.