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I recently tried to make a list of good virtual reality reads (not all of them cyberpunk, though): Otherland - Tad Williams Ready Player One Daemon - David S

I recently tried to make a list of good virtual reality reads (not all of them cyberpunk, though): Otherland - Tad Williams Ready Player One Daemon - David Suarez Neuromancer - William Gibson Shadowrun - ?? there are lots of possibly varying quality, I only read the ones by Nigel Findley which I liked Snowcrash - Stephenson Reamde - Stephenson Der falsche Spiegel - Sergej Lukianenko (not sure about the english name) Masters of Doom - Story of ID developing the games Doom and Quake - not really a VR story, but it sets the mood. Pollen - Jeff Noon Bruce Sterling is great, too, but I don't remember which of his stories are about virtual reality. I suppose Ian Bank's "The Culture" novels might be a candidate, but I haven't read them yet.

egypturnash 12y ago
Iain (M) Banks' "Culture" novels are great fun, but they are (IMHO) in no way cyberpunk, nor do they concern VR. His SF is about people running around in meatspace doing things. well okay there's a decent chunk of VR in 'Feersum Endjiin' but that's very much the exception
- facepalm 12y ago
  I see - didn't know that. I thought they are about artificial life or a society that chose to withdraw into cyberspace. But as I said, I haven't read them.
mynegation 12y ago
Lukianenko's book name in English is "Labyrinth of Reflections". I loved Lukianenko and read all his books (in Russian) until I realized that I am strongly opposed to his political views.
- facepalm 12y ago
  I must admit I don't really know his political views. Do you mean what shines through in his books, or do you have some other source (like interviews with him or whatever)? I have only read his books, and only the ones that have been translated to German. Have you read "Das Schlangenschwert"? I really liked his reflections on society in that one.
  - mynegation 12y ago
    No, I would not say his political views shine through his books. But he is pretty vocal about them in his Russian-language blog: http://dr-piliulkin.livejournal.com/ http://dr-piliulkin.livejournal.com/ I cannot really figure out what would be the name of the book you mentioned, in Russian or English, but most likely no - I have not read it.
jamesbritt 12y ago
Vernor Vinge's True Names should be on that list as well. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1280983.True_Names http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1280983.True_Names
contingencies 12y ago
Another vote for Neuromancer, Snowcrash and the relatively little-known but excellent Pollen. I read some Iain Banks recently at the behest of an old friend who I introduced to science fiction over 15 years ago, but didn't find it particularly engrossing. Embassytown by China Miéville was an excellent and pithy meditation on the nature of communication, albeit longer than I would have deemed necessary.

egypturnash 12y ago

Iain (M) Banks' "Culture" novels are great fun, but they are (IMHO) in no way cyberpunk, nor do they concern VR. His SF is about people running around in meatspace doing things. well okay there's a decent chunk of VR in 'Feersum Endjiin' but that's very much the exception

facepalm 12y ago
I see - didn't know that. I thought they are about artificial life or a society that chose to withdraw into cyberspace. But as I said, I haven't read them.

mynegation 12y ago

Lukianenko's book name in English is "Labyrinth of Reflections". I loved Lukianenko and read all his books (in Russian) until I realized that I am strongly opposed to his political views.

facepalm 12y ago
I must admit I don't really know his political views. Do you mean what shines through in his books, or do you have some other source (like interviews with him or whatever)? I have only read his books, and only the ones that have been translated to German. Have you read "Das Schlangenschwert"? I really liked his reflections on society in that one.
- mynegation 12y ago
  No, I would not say his political views shine through his books. But he is pretty vocal about them in his Russian-language blog: http://dr-piliulkin.livejournal.com/ http://dr-piliulkin.livejournal.com/ I cannot really figure out what would be the name of the book you mentioned, in Russian or English, but most likely no - I have not read it.

jamesbritt 12y ago

Vernor Vinge's True Names should be on that list as well. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1280983.True_Names http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1280983.True_Names

contingencies 12y ago

Another vote for Neuromancer, Snowcrash and the relatively little-known but excellent Pollen. I read some Iain Banks recently at the behest of an old friend who I introduced to science fiction over 15 years ago, but didn't find it particularly engrossing. Embassytown by China Miéville was an excellent and pithy meditation on the nature of communication, albeit longer than I would have deemed necessary.