> Article is long, but thorough, but it misses one key preceding influence That's because the article is simply not really exploring distinct genres that had a

> Article is long, but thorough, but it misses one key preceding influence That's because the article is simply not really exploring distinct genres that had an influence on cyberpunk, but searching its ethos. It's not really like this is an exceptional omission in the article. > I see so many people loving Gibson and crediting him for inventing the genre whole cloth That's not exactly the point of the article, of which about half is devoted to criticizing Gibson.