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It was the 80's, _everybody_ was trying too hard. His more recent stuff is much less edgy and has better writing.
by speed_spread 5y ago
It was the 80's, _everybody_ was trying too hard.
His more recent stuff is much less edgy and has better writing.
- version_five 5y agoInteresting, Neuromancer is by far my favorite Gibson book. I feel like I'm generally very sensitive to authors trying to hard, and I dont get that vibe, although I think I can see how it can be construed that way. Neuromancer was (i think) a ground up creation of that world Sprawl/BAMA etc. Personally I always find characters / places the best when you experience them as they are and don't get the explanation, which when attempted is inevitably less interesting than what you might imagine. The later books in the sprawl series (Count Zero I believe and another one whose name I can't remember) felt much more one dimensional to me.
- speed_spread 5y agoI agree on the later books of the first trilogy (last one's Mona Lisa Overdrive) - they didn't leave as much an impression on me as Neuromancer did. Following trilogies were probably much more pre-organized than the first.