Never could get into Gibson (but then I've only read 1.6 Gibson books,
perhaps I should give him another shot someday)
...or "cyberpunk" in general. Always seemed too faddish, more style
than substance - I mean, it always seemed too disconnected from possible
reality, more tech-fantasy than sci-fi. But then sci-fi and fantasy are
pretty much one and the same, really. Speaking of which, The closest
I've come to enjoying cyberpunk was China Mieville's _Perdido Street
Station_, which I know isn't really cyberpunk - if anything it's
"steampunk", but I wanted to mention it because it's a beautiful book.
Does anyone know if his "sequel" books "The Scar" and "Iron Council" are
similar at all, or "as good"?
I suppose "cyberpunk" is the IDM fiction style - comes to mind when
thinking of early Warp (B12, early Autechre...)
But don't real hackers only rave? :P
-adam piontek
n3wjack wrote:
quoted 18 lines or William Gibson,> or William Gibson,
> TEH cyberpunk writer imo
>
> Philip K. Dick rulz btw, started reading some of his books after
> seeing Blade Runner which was based on his "Do Androids Dream of
> Electric Sheep" book
>
> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:31:02 -0400, Adam Piontek <adam@damek.org> wrote:
>
>>Well Lem is good, of course. Never read any Philip K Dick, but I keep
>>meaning to. Kim Stanley Robinson is also good, and he wrote his thesis
>>on PKD. Don't read his Antarctica, though, it's not very good.
>>
>>Other than that I give high respect to Ken MacLeod and Alastair Reynolds
>>- Scottish & Welsh/Dutch (respectively) authors of smart space opera...
>>Something vaguely IDM about them. If you like Vernor Vinge...
>>
>>-adam piontek
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