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'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
by 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 agoI 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 agoAnd those folks are trying very hard with the whole Torment Nexus thing.
- foolfoolz 4mo agonueromancer tried to be edgy and serious, snow crash is weird and fun
- ethbr1 4mo agoNeuromancer 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)