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[lit] I want to read a cyberpunk book, but i've never been into sci fi, so it'd be better if it has only a lil bit about sci fi.

I know cyberpunk and sci fi are really related, but i'd prefer a book with the rebel side of cyberpunk and the nhilistic character, with the less it can be of sci fi.

Thanks

>> No.1759633

Is there a novelization of 'Wild Wild West?' Try that.

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bumping to get help!

>> No.1759642

For fuck's sake, just read some William Gibson.

>> No.1761361

So, you don't actually give a shit about the genre and just want to read about a rebel, probably in a trenchcoat, sticking it to the man and whining about the state of the world?

>> No.1761370

1) what country are you from (just curious)

2) read william gibson, john shirley ('city come a walkin' is real cool, i think you will like it), or bruce sterling. also maybe george alec effinger.

>> No.1761385

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said is what you want. Phillip K Dick is great.

Also, Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy is good. So is his short story collection Burning Chrome. He is more sci fi then Dick.

>> No.1761388

I found Neuromancer boring but I suppose that's the cornerstone of the cyberpunk genre

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>>1761388

>> No.1761397

>>1761394

Which part? That I found Neuromancer boring or that it's the cornerstone of the cyberpunk genre? I'm just going off what my teacher told me for the last part and personal opinion for the first.

>> No.1761401

>>1761397
"I found Neuromancer boring but I suppose that's the cornerstone of the cyberpunk genre"

You imply that the foundation of the cyberpunk genre to be about wasting someones time.

>> No.1761413

>>1761397

and you didn't even post a suggestion or relate in anyway to the OPs question. I would say that's a troll.

>> No.1761422

reposting this from some anon:

"Cyberpunk was a fairly small and temporally distinct movement. You can pretty easily read all or most of the significant cyberpunk works. Check out William Gibson (especially Neuromancer), John Shirley (especially City Come A Walkin), and Bruce Sterling (especially Islands in the Net). Also read the anthology Mirrorshades. Also When Gravity Fails is okay. That's at least a decent start. Oh, also, Snowcrash, which is a decent parody of the genre, in addition to being a decent Neal Stephenson novel.

For some stuff outside Cyberpunk, suggest you read Ian McDonald, who owns bones - seriously he's really cool. You might also enjoy some of Charles Stross' stuff, or that one Cory Doctorow book (can't remember the name and hate Cory Doctorow, but yu might like it)."

>> No.1761438

>>1761413

Neuromancer isn't cyberpunk? Wasn't OP asking for a cyberpunk book? Others were suggesting Gibson who was the author of the book I mentioned.

>>1761401
Sorry for the confusion, I meant that Neuromancer is the cornerstone not boredom.