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> Gibson found the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer exceedingly retro To be fair Gibson is often critical of works inspired by his novels and the genre he created.
by nip180 6y ago
> Gibson found the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer exceedingly retro
To be fair Gibson is often critical of works inspired by his novels and the genre he created.
- Apocryphon 6y agoHe's a fuddy-duddy about Shadowrun, too. (Thursday, May 08, 2003 entry) https://web.archive.org/web/20030811223349/http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/archive/2003_05_01_archive.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20030811223349/http://www.willia... It's understandable in that a genre's pioneer might scoff at descendent works. But that sort of purism also feels gatekeeping and snobby. I certainly can't imagine Sterling or Stephenson being so purist about the genre.