 I need cyberpunk novels now., I've read Neuromancer and Snow Crash... |
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and Burning Chrome, and the Diamond Age, and Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive. I've heard good things about Walter Jon Williams's Hardwired, but what else is out there?
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emo samurai I need cyberpunk novels now. Oct 11 2006, 09:47 PM
Fortune Speaking of cyberpunk(ish) novels, I can never rem... Oct 11 2006, 10:02 PM nezumi Anything by Bruce Sterling. I think you'd lik... Oct 11 2006, 10:06 PM Kagetenshi A Scanner Darkly
Do Androids Dream of Electric She... Oct 11 2006, 10:09 PM Fortune I swear he originally listed Snow Crash in his pos... Oct 11 2006, 10:10 PM Kagetenshi Some reading on the genre, to be taken as you will... Oct 11 2006, 10:27 PM Fortune What makes you think I actually want to read up on... Oct 11 2006, 10:31 PM PlainWhiteSocks How about Greg Bear's Slant.
Tricia Sulliva... Oct 11 2006, 11:02 PM Calvin Hobbes Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets puts you i... Oct 11 2006, 11:06 PM mfb Slant, Greg Bear: goddamn fantastic, though it see... Oct 11 2006, 11:47 PM FlakJacket I'd recommend John Courtney Grimwood's Ara... Oct 11 2006, 11:50 PM Backgammon Altered Carbon is some of the best post-cyberpunk ... Oct 12 2006, 12:08 AM Ancient History We've done this a bit before, but...
Antholog... Oct 12 2006, 12:48 AM Dale Marc D. Giller's
- Hammerjack
- Prodigal
..an... Oct 12 2006, 12:54 AM krayola red How come people like Snow Crash so much? I don... Oct 12 2006, 01:07 AM Ancient History Like with many books, opinion differs. I like it f... Oct 12 2006, 01:15 AM RainOfSteel The Long Run ~ Daniel Keys MoranHardwired ~ Walter... Oct 12 2006, 02:13 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (krayola red) How come people like Snow Cras... Oct 12 2006, 02:14 AM Ancient History Friday, while a decent novel, is most definately n... Oct 12 2006, 02:30 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (mfb @ Oct 11 2006, 06:47 PM) Snow Cras... Oct 12 2006, 02:31 AM emo samurai Yeah, I disliked the satire angle; I would have li... Oct 12 2006, 02:35 AM Kagetenshi See, that's the problem, though. The snippets ... Oct 12 2006, 02:37 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Ancient History)Friday, while a decent nove... Oct 12 2006, 02:39 AM krayola red QUOTE (RainOfSteel)Yes, I also strongly disliked S... Oct 12 2006, 02:43 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Kagetenshi)QUOTE (mfb @ Oct 11 2006, 0... Oct 12 2006, 02:50 AM Ancient History QUOTE (RainOfSteel @ Oct 12 2006, 02:39 AM) Q... Oct 12 2006, 02:51 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (RainOfSteel @ Oct 11 2006, 09:50 PM) Q... Oct 12 2006, 02:58 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Ancient History)
QUOTE (RainOfSteel @ ... Oct 12 2006, 03:00 AM Kagetenshi I don't remember much in Friday that would qua... Oct 12 2006, 03:02 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Kagetenshi)QUOTE (RainOfSteel @ Oct 11... Oct 12 2006, 03:04 AM Kagetenshi I was just excited because someone finally gave me... Oct 12 2006, 03:07 AM emo samurai Yeah, calling the main dude "Hiro Protagonist... Oct 12 2006, 03:10 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Kagetenshi)I don't remember much in Fri... Oct 12 2006, 03:15 AM Ancient History QUOTE (RainOfSteel @ Oct 12 2006, 03:00 AM) Q... Oct 12 2006, 03:16 AM Slithery D QUOTE (RainOfSteel) The Long Run ~ Daniel Keys Mor... Oct 12 2006, 03:26 AM Fortune Y'all are avoidin' the issue. I really wan... Oct 12 2006, 03:26 AM Ancient History QUOTE (Fortune @ Oct 12 2006, 03:26 AM) Y... Oct 12 2006, 03:31 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Ancient History)
It's a false categoriz... Oct 12 2006, 03:35 AM Ancient History QUOTE (RainOfSteel) QUOTE (Ancient History)
It... Oct 12 2006, 03:38 AM Kagetenshi Friday's problem is not how much or little sex... Oct 12 2006, 03:39 AM Fortune QUOTE (Ancient History) Mercedes Lackey (with othe... Oct 12 2006, 03:42 AM Ancient History De nada. Oct 12 2006, 03:42 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Ancient History)
Which is really the crux o... Oct 12 2006, 03:43 AM Glyph To me, the trouble with Snow Crash was that it too... Oct 12 2006, 03:55 AM Kagetenshi The first manga collection is awesome. The second ... Oct 12 2006, 04:02 AM Deamon_Knight Nailed the Discription Kage. I always wanted to ca... Oct 12 2006, 04:24 AM emo samurai As for Snow Crash being a parody of cyberpunk as a... Oct 12 2006, 05:08 AM mfb while it's certainly true that Snow Crash (and... Oct 12 2006, 06:22 AM Fyastarter I read snow crash, and some of the stuff in it wo... Oct 12 2006, 08:20 AM mfb QUOTE (Fortune)Y'all are avoidin' the issu... Oct 12 2006, 08:45 AM Critias Hammered and Scardown, by Elizabeth Bear, are both... Oct 12 2006, 08:52 AM Slithery D QUOTE The Last Hot Time, John M. Ford.
Second. Al... Oct 12 2006, 01:18 PM Slithery D QUOTE (Critias) Hammered and Scardown, by Elizabet... Oct 12 2006, 01:20 PM Critias QUOTE (Slithery D) QUOTE (Critias @ Oct 12 20... Oct 12 2006, 01:45 PM Fire Hawk I'm surprised noone has mentioned Blood Music,... Oct 12 2006, 02:33 PM Critias Oh, fine. I mention an author named Bear, and now... Oct 12 2006, 04:05 PM Smed Svaha by Charles de Lint is an intersting read. My... Oct 12 2006, 04:50 PM lorechaser Transmetropolitan is a damn fine comic - I second ... Oct 12 2006, 07:31 PM Fortune QUOTE (lorechaser) ... and Phillip K. Dick only sh... Oct 12 2006, 07:51 PM Ancient History QUOTE (lorechaser) But I can't believe none of... Oct 12 2006, 10:02 PM krayola red QUOTE (Fortune)QUOTE (lorechaser @ Oct 13 200... Oct 12 2006, 10:10 PM Ancient History QUOTE (krayola red) QUOTE (Fortune)QUOTE (lorechas... Oct 12 2006, 10:20 PM krayola red Pants are for hippies. Oct 12 2006, 10:22 PM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Fire Hawk)I'm surprised noone has menti... Oct 13 2006, 04:12 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (krayola red)Pants are for hippies.
Solomon ... Oct 13 2006, 04:13 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Fortune) QUOTE (lorechaser @ Oct 13 20... Oct 13 2006, 04:17 AM Ancient History QUOTE (RainOfSteel) QUOTE (Fire Hawk)I'm surpr... Oct 13 2006, 04:19 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Ancient History)
Greg Bear is recognized am... Oct 13 2006, 04:29 AM Ancient History You're not paying attention. Blood Music is pr... Oct 13 2006, 04:44 AM mfb indeed. Friday had lots of elements that are commo... Oct 13 2006, 05:27 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Ancient History)Blood Music is primarily co... Oct 13 2006, 05:28 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (mfb) indeed. Friday had lots of elements th... Oct 13 2006, 05:29 AM mfb QUOTE (RainOfSteel)That's not a legitimate rea... Oct 13 2006, 05:29 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (mfb)QUOTE (RainOfSteel)That's not a leg... Oct 13 2006, 05:41 AM RainOfSteel And I will ask, specificaly, again: What is it abo... Oct 13 2006, 05:47 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (RainOfSteel) Logic and common sense.
It si... Oct 13 2006, 05:47 AM mfb QUOTE (RainOfSteel)Logic and common sense.
It sim... Oct 13 2006, 05:52 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Kagetenshi)QUOTE (RainOfSteel @ Oct 13... Oct 13 2006, 06:17 AM mfb i don't think Kagetenshi was specifically talk... Oct 13 2006, 06:24 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (mfb)
but the basis of your argument is simp... Oct 13 2006, 06:26 AM mfb QUOTE (RainOfSteel)Not really. Genre and sub-genre... Oct 13 2006, 06:30 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (mfb)QUOTE (RainOfSteel)Not really. Genre an... Oct 13 2006, 06:41 AM RainOfSteel QUOTE (mfb)
but you're claiming that the ident... Oct 13 2006, 06:53 AM mfb the argument hasn't changed at all. we're ... Oct 13 2006, 07:04 AM mfb actually, since David Drake's first story was ... Oct 13 2006, 07:05 AM krayola red mfb: I'm definitely with you in that an author... Oct 13 2006, 08:22 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (RainOfSteel @ Oct 13 2006, 01:17 AM) Y... Oct 13 2006, 12:40 PM Ancient History I'm not wading through all this for a point-fo... Oct 13 2006, 01:11 PM RainOfSteel QUOTE (mfb)the argument hasn't changed at all.... Oct 13 2006, 02:44 PM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Ancient History)
Greg Bear has had short st... Oct 13 2006, 02:48 PM Fire Hawk Blood Music involves a corporate scientist develop... Oct 13 2006, 03:02 PM Ancient History QUOTE (RainOfSteel @ Oct 13 2006, 02:48 PM) A... Oct 13 2006, 03:30 PM RainOfSteel QUOTE (Fire Hawk)
And then the poor bastard goes a... Oct 13 2006, 03:50 PM nezumi Perhaps it's time to crack ye olde dictionary.... Oct 13 2006, 04:30 PM Kagetenshi I reject the attempt to use the dictionary to arri... Oct 13 2006, 05:03 PM mfb QUOTE (RainOfSteel)At first you at appeared to be ... Oct 13 2006, 05:12 PM Critias Mommy, Daddy, stop fighting! Stop fighting... Oct 13 2006, 05:14 PM Dog We could have a whole 'nuther discussion tryin... Oct 14 2006, 03:25 PM Protagonist There's already been quite a bit here recommen... Oct 16 2006, 03:52 AM
PBTHHHHT Some other suggestions, there's several novels... Oct 16 2006, 02:20 PM  |
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