On May 4, 2:05 pm, "photoshop.ni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<photoshop.ni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> You forgot the biggest name of all: Phillip K. Dick. Everything by
> that man is genius (well, except some of his short stories).
>
> Also, you might want to check out Battle Royale by Kou****n Takami. It
> straddles the cyberpunk and horror genres in what I find to be an
> amazing read. Just an all-around great piece of literature.
> Unfortunately, the English translation loses some of it's impact in
> the euphemisms, specific to Japanese (or so I've been told by the
> Japanese-literate). Still, It's amazing.
>
> > Morgan - Altered Carbon
>
> That's a great book. Reads like a good detective novel. Also, the idea
> of the neocortical "stack" mixed with its impact on society is a great
> bit of spice that you don't find in most sci-fi books. However, it
> seems to fall a little more under the sci-fi genre than specifically
> cyberpunk (if you happen to be a purist in the genre). Still an
> awesome read.
>
> -Ryan
Thanks! That is great. I love a good recommendation. It really
helps slice throught the crap. Speaking of which, I finished the two
on my list I hadn't read as of last post: Bear's Blood Music and
Danver's Circuit of Heaven. Cool ideas in both. I also like the
medical themes in Bear but both books spent lots of time examining
inner-character traits that just were not very interesting to me.
Disappointing reads the both of them. Now, to continue the thread,
here is a list of cyberpunk books being auctioned (I occasionally
itch to buy books this way). Obviously Blade Runner was tossed in to
cement the deal, which I've read, and Synners and Glass Houses I've
read. Will anyone comment here on the others listed below?
After the Zap by Michael Armstrong
Ambient by Jack Womack
Blade Runner by Philip K. Dick
Chicago Red by R.M. Meluch
Cybernetic Jungle by S.N. Lewitt
Destroying Angel by Richard Paul Russo
Fools by Pat Cadigan
Glass Houses by Laura J. Dixon
Heathern by Jack Womack
Johnny Zed by John G. Betancourt
Lethal Interface by Mel Odom
Montezuma Strip by Alan Dean Foster
Newer York by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Polar City Blues by Katharine Kerr
Protektor by Charles Platt
Rememory by John Betancourt
Santiago by Mike Resnick
Singularities by W.T. Quick
Storm Rider by Robert Baron
Synners by Pat Cadigan
The Silicon Man by Charles Platt
Tracker by Ron Stillman
Web of Angels by John M. Ford
-buzz
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