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just ordered a physical copy from 1994, excited to read the stories :) what are y'alls recommendations for cyberpunk-y books? mine are, • Neal Stephenson - S

by 4ggr0 1y ago

just ordered a physical copy from 1994, excited to read the stories :) what are y'alls recommendations for cyberpunk-y books? mine are, • Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash • Daniel Suarez - Daemon • Daniel Suarez - Delta-V • Shamus Young - Free Radical niche tip for german-understanding people is 'Reda El Arbi - [empfindungsfæhig]'. didn't finish Neuromancer yet, but i gotta start over because it's been too long.

kpgraham 1y ago
The first cyberpunk novel I read was True Names by Rudy Rucker. John Shirley has been called 'patient zero of cyberpunk' for his novel Eclipse. (I published a collection of Cyberpunk stories called Error Message Eyes Release 3.0 and it will be a free download on Kindle on August 24th. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5CCRRSB https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5CCRRSB I apologize for the blatant self promotion.)
- KineticLensman 1y ago
  The True Names I remember was by Vernor Vinge [0]. Cory Doctorow riffed on it in 2008. But not Rudy R, as far as I know. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Names
riffraff 1y ago
I didn't particularly enjoy neuromancer. I love the world building and the subject but I realized after a few books I just don't like Gibson's style, I struggle to get through the reading. But! If you like it, the rest of the sprawl trilogy is just as good, and the bridge trilogy is probably better.
- vessenes 1y ago
  And Blue Ant is required reading for modern marketing. Also its awesome
zem 1y ago
* alec effinger: when gravity fails * pat cadigan: synners * neal stephenson: the diamond age and two books that bring cyberpunk elements into a larger sphere * greg egan: zendegi. a dying engineer wants to make an AI version of himself to raise his son * c s friedman: this alien shore (beautiful meld of far future space based sf and cyberpunk)

by 4ggr0 1y ago

kpgraham 1y ago

The first cyberpunk novel I read was True Names by Rudy Rucker. John Shirley has been called 'patient zero of cyberpunk' for his novel Eclipse. (I published a collection of Cyberpunk stories called Error Message Eyes Release 3.0 and it will be a free download on Kindle on August 24th. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5CCRRSB https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5CCRRSB I apologize for the blatant self promotion.)

KineticLensman 1y ago
The True Names I remember was by Vernor Vinge [0]. Cory Doctorow riffed on it in 2008. But not Rudy R, as far as I know. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Names

riffraff 1y ago

I didn't particularly enjoy neuromancer. I love the world building and the subject but I realized after a few books I just don't like Gibson's style, I struggle to get through the reading. But! If you like it, the rest of the sprawl trilogy is just as good, and the bridge trilogy is probably better.

vessenes 1y ago
And Blue Ant is required reading for modern marketing. Also its awesome

zem 1y ago

* alec effinger: when gravity fails * pat cadigan: synners * neal stephenson: the diamond age and two books that bring cyberpunk elements into a larger sphere * greg egan: zendegi. a dying engineer wants to make an AI version of himself to raise his son * c s friedman: this alien shore (beautiful meld of far future space based sf and cyberpunk)