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My favorite kind of sci fi is the stuff that throws you into a new world with new cultural references and doesn’t bother to explain them. Gibson is a good examp

My favorite kind of sci fi is the stuff that throws you into a new world with new cultural references and doesn’t bother to explain them. Gibson is a good example. It’s a similar good feeling to getting off the train in a foreign city pre smartphone.

troupo 3y ago
The Kefahuchi Tract trilogy by M. John Harrison is quite good for that, too.
viraptor 3y ago
That's like... anti Neal Stephenson. He feels the need to describe exactly what the thing he introduces works like. Repeatedly.