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kleinbl00  ·  3365 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let's create a list of essential scifi books

Neuromancer was Windup Girl 30 years ago. The cultural aspects of it, with a heapin' helpin' of Cold War Paranoia, are the basis of Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling (also 30 years old).

That's why I recommended Windup Girl - it's one of the few books out there that isn't older than everybody reading this.





tehstone  ·  3365 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I started Neuromancer and just could NOT get into it.

kleinbl00  ·  3365 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I won't force you. My wife didn't dig it much either. Gibson is decidedly cold, but so's Bacigalupi in my opinion.