stuart@ide.dec.com (Mister I-don't-have-an-anxiety-closet.) (01/31/88)
well, seeing as how the music avenue has been rather well-trod of late, how 'bout some thought about books? i've read everything gibson's written (and i thought that _count_zero_ was just as good as _neuromancer_, just in a different way), and just found (and read in one sitting) _when_gravity_fails_ by effinger (sp?). anybody else know who's writing cyberpunk these days? steve
jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener) (02/01/88)
In article <8801310303.AA07787@decwrl.dec.com> stuart@ide.dec.com (Mister I-don't-have-an-anxiety-closet.) writes: >... >i've read everything gibson's written (and i thought that _count_zero_ was just >as good as _neuromancer_, just in a different way), and just found (and read in >one sitting) _when_gravity_fails_ by effinger (sp?). > >anybody else know who's writing cyberpunk these days? I just read _Mercedes_Nights_ by Michael Weaver. It's set in the near future where a media star is cloned without here knowlege. The clones are then sold as personal property(still illegal) through the underground to wealthy people. My roommate read _The_Glass_Hammer by K.W.Jetter and _Schismatrix_ by bruce sterling and thought they were pretty good. The first deals with the media creating a second coming to gain ratings in south america. The second is about humanities contact with aliens seen throught the eyes of a man exiled, turned diplomat. --j -- jon wesener ... {seismo | harvard | ihnp4} ! {uwvax | cs.wisc.edu} ! astroatc!jojo "Boom, huh bull?"
hobie@sq.uucp (Hobie Orris) (02/03/88)
Mister I-don't-have-an-anxiety-closet. (stuart@ide.dec.com) writes: > >anybody else know who's writing cyberpunk these days? > >steve Two of my favourites are: "Eclipse" by John Shirley "Schismatrix" by John Sterling Anyone read "The Artificial Kid" by Sterling? Hobie Orris |"Good book says you gotta be nice guest of SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Ont. | Or they're gonna put you on ice. {ihnp4 | decvax | ? }!utzoo!sq!hobie | Good book says you gotta behave | Or they'll send you to an early grave. | What does it say in the bad book?" | - Deja Voodoo
wex@banzai-inst.SW.MCC.COM (Alan Wexelblat) (02/11/88)
In article <1988Feb2.225916.10648@sq.uucp>, hobie@sq.uucp (Hobie Orris) writes: > Anyone read "The Artificial Kid" by Sterling? Yes. I read it quite recently. There will be a review in the next OR. But for those who can't wait... I liked the book. It's not cyberpunk in the sense that we think of it from Gibson, Walter John Williams, etc. No decks, cowboys, zaibatsu. It's set on the terraformed planet of Reverie and tells the story of the Artificial Kid, a combat artist. That's right, combat artist. He makes his living fighting and selling tapes of his combats. He has fans the way today's rock stars have fans, etc. Artificial Kid is Sterling's second novel and is a little rough in the plotting, but the concepts are very good and it's intellectually challenging. Artificial Kid is a little hard to find - good luck. Best bet is to try a good SF paperback house.