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That's not really that bad of a description of Gibson in any of his eras, but also that's what a lot of readers want, PKD without most of the madness. "The Per
by WorldMaker 3y ago
That's not really that bad of a description of Gibson in any of his eras, but also that's what a lot of readers want, PKD without most of the madness.
"The Peripheral" is maybe worth trying as it is Gibson's most mad/trippy setting so far.
- throw4847285 3y agoInteresting. I will give it a look. I have a theory that cyberpunk works better in visual media. Blade Runner, Akira, Battle Angel Alita, The Matrix, Deus Ex, etc. It feels like a genre where often the ideas are there in service of Cool. Not that they are devoid of big ideas, but just that aesthetics matter more.
- WorldMaker 3y agoRelated to that, Gibson has gotten one notorious adaptation of a short story to screen: Johnny Mnemonic. It's based on a short set vaguely "near" Neuromancer in setting/timeline. That movie is still a fun goofy pleasure and is truly aesthetics in service of Cool. I think it captures some of the aesthetics people love in the trilogy that starts with Neuromancer if you prefer the visual to the prose. I also kind of think the Cyberpunk 2077 videogame adaptation is probably the closest to capturing the whole trilogy we might find in any adaptation, even with the indirection through the TTRPG which was heavily "inspired by" the trilogy and not directly an adaptation itself.