Neuromancer: The Origin of Cyberpunk | A Horrifying Dystopia

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• Ileftreddit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you haven’t read it you really should

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It was good but I was honestly a little bit underwhelmed by it and a little disappointed how heavily the ideas in the book quickly became tropes of the entire genre instead of the genre being more creative.

    Still a very good book and a worth a read, but I was just a lot less impressed than I had hoped to be. The ideas were interesting, but they seem a little old fashioned now, especially.

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    • Ileftreddit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It was written in 1984, 41 years ago

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    • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You must realize that’s not the fault of the originating work, though… 🙇🏼‍♂️

      Right?

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  • Tedesche@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What surprised me most about it was how much it takes from detective noir books from decades prior. It reads a lot like a Raymond Chandler novel.

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  • MCHEVA4EVA@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The sequels are decent too. Maybe not as good as the first but enjoyable. Count Zero has a story about the voodoo deities in cyberspace that was an interesting bit.

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    • Ileftreddit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Honestly after I read Neuromancer I just sat down and read all his books. All were interesting, he even accidentally created steampunk

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  • Coldcell@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Before the series comes out!

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    • Ileftreddit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Aw shucks- like an Amazon series? It should really be a standalone film, the book literally reads like an action movie

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• DarkFuture@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just read the series recently. Neuromancer was the best installment. Very Matrix.

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