/lit/ - Literature

>>23449610
I always recommend as related to Lain a book called The Fortunate Fall (1996), a post-cyberpunk book that much like Lain has only gained relevancy as the years passed and will probably continue too for a long time. The main character is a "reporter" which in this age is someone that streams their senses to people hooked up to ultra-lifelike VR headsets. The book is about her discovering a political conspiracy by way of her "censor" or someone that edits out all the unnecessary and negative senses before it's streamed to the masses. I'm not really a fan of Neuromancer because I think the writing is cringe but this book is a much better depiction of a cyberpunk future.

The world is so richly detailed and exotic yet plausible that it's hard to forget. The title is a reference to a Christian idea about Christ which is very relevant to the central theme of the book is highly philosophical yet still gripping as a sci-fi.