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Weirder than having a character just named Y.T. ?

• ethbr1 4mo ago
  'Yours Truly' seems banal when the main character is Hiro Protagonist. Self-debasing levity is one of the many reasons Snow Crash (1992) is a great reaction to Neuromancer (1984).
  • dozerly 4mo ago
    I think quite a few folks missed or have forgotten that Snow Crash is a satire on the cyberpunk genre AND society at the same time
    • kridsdale1 4mo ago
      And those folks are trying very hard with the whole Torment Nexus thing.
    • foolfoolz 4mo ago
      nueromancer tried to be edgy and serious, snow crash is weird and fun
      • ethbr1 4mo ago
        Neuromancer was edgy and serious... in 1984. And as Gibson later said ~00s, cyberpunk's moment is past and now it's boring. (At least according to him, but that counts for something)