What the Cyberpunk Folder is for

[Jason]

Please feel free to create a thread to discuss your favorite cyberpunk.

[Kevin]

I read that the father of all cyberpunk, Neuromancer by William Gibson is actually going into post production into a movie after the long talks yesterday.

[mark, personal space invader]

my God, they've been talking about this for so many years! i can't believe it is finally happening.

[Jason]

What is Neuromancer about? I haven't read it, but I absolutely love the title!

[mark, personal space invader]

cyber-merc type guy gets involved in gritty cyber-merc activities, featuring downloading-of-personalities into the cybersphere, hustling of various encoded super-secrets, manipulative AI personalities, globe-trotting, information highway-trotting, and corporate shenanigans.

[Jason]

Sounds like fun!

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

I bought it but havent had a chance to read it yet... sounds like its right up my alley!

[Becky]

I have Neuromancer on my nook to read as well. I think I've only read one cyber-punk book, which was Vurt by Jeff Noon, and I wasn't really a fan. Although that could have something to do with the fact that my boyfriend was reading it to me during a car trip. LOL

We own it, so maybe one day I'll give it another try.

[mark, personal space invader]

i think the comparison with Vurt is apt - not so much for the substance of the novel, but the style. both could be considered more 'literary' examples of cyperbunk. in each novel, the language and style are just as important as the narrative and the characterization. which could annoy folks who just want a fast, fun, gritty cyberpunk read. if that is the case, Altered Carbon may be more up your alley. i haven't read it, but i want to, after a great recommendation from the m.i.a. brainycat. i've heard that the novel is a dense one, but mainly action-packed and traditional in its narrative.

[Scott]

I haven't read Neuromancer but Idoru was pretty good.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I liked Neuromancer quite a bit. I actually finished reading its sequel, Count Zero last night. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't as good by a long shot.

By the way, if anyone else started to hyperventilate over Kevin's post, Neuromancer seems to have only been greenlighted as a project, not been botched in some terrible project that got no press and randomly appeared in post. :)

[Weenie]

mark wrote: "Altered Carbon may be more up your alley. i haven't read it, but i want to, after a great recommendation from the m.i.a. brainycat. i've heard that the novel is a dense one, but mainly action-packed and traditional in its narrative."

Altered Carbon is a great read, can confirm it is action-packed and that it's actually like a detective story. It's also pretty violent, with sex thrown in along the way, which may or may not be everyone's cuppa tea.

[[deleted user]]

Weenie wrote: "Altered Carbon is a great read, can confirm it is action-packed and that it's actually like a detective story. It's also pretty violent, with sex thrown in along the way, which may or may not be everyone's cuppa tea. "

Altered Carbon is one of my favorite novels, the mix of genres, the story and his prose really suck me in. I also liked Broken Angels and Woken Furies.

For some fun cyberpunk, I recommend Snow Crash.

[Kathy]

I read and really liked Vurt by Jeff Noon....but what is Cyberpunk? What does it mean?

[Robin]

I've heard great things about Neromancer and it made the NPR Top 100 list so I will definitely be adding it to my TBR file.

[Mark]

I loved "Vurt" and "Neuromancer".
I recently read "True Names" (Vernor Vinge) which is a great (early) story in which a lot of the action takes place in a virtual environment. It's very good!

[Martin]

Note that Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" in a short story called Burning Chrome. And even though (in retrospect) Neuromancer was definitely not the first cyberpunk novel, it is generally considered one of the earliest, and originators of cyberpunk. All that early William Gibson is definitely well worth a read, IMHO.

I would second the recommendation for Snow Crash, as well as chime in to say that I really loved Vurt, but can easily see how it isn't for everyone. (it's fast paced and short though, so I would encourage you to finish it, Becky!)

I also really like Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix, as well as most everything by Rudy Rucker.

I would not have called Altered Carbon cyberpunk, (it seems too far future to me), but it does include quite a bit of the same stylistic elements. It's one of my favorite novels, for sure.

[Weston]

YES! This is a great thread. Neuromancer and Snow Crash were the inspirations for my own old school cyberpunk novel Velvet Dogma. I had such a terrific time writing it.

For those of you who haven't read Neuromancer or Snow Crash, you just have to.

[[deleted user]]

Hi everyone!

I'm working on a cyberpunk novel right now. I have to admit, I LOVE Gibson's trilogy but I felt that after 'Idoru' his style just got too 'fast paced' and became Phillip K. Dick-level incoherent...I'm not familiar with Snow Crash though.

[Paul]

Altered States: a cyberpunk / scifi anthology new cyberpunk anthology with stories by new and well-known authors

[Carol]

E.E. Giorgi's YA series, The Mayake Chronicles (Book One, Akaela), just scored #2 in Editors &Preditors Readers Poll (for 2015) - in "steampunk" but only because no "cyberpunk" category was available. Book Two, Athel, is even better, with a "frenemy" angle like no other (that I can think of). Anyone else here a fan of E.E. Giorgi? "Chimeras," an adult sci-fi thriller full of fascinating epigenetics, "Mosaics" and "Gene Cards" are also riveting reads. Oh, and I didn't even mention the java and jazz themes!

[Najaf]

aside from the epics like dune or hyperion cyberpunk is my favorite sf genre. i recently added Equations of Life to my cyberpunk shelf.

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