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This book is so insanely good. Too bad about all the shitty onions knock offs it inspired.

Also Snow Crash was the gayest shit I ever read.

>> No.17987790

>>17987677
>le epic edgy hackers
Both of these books are gay. Mr Robot did the whole hacker schtick so much better

>> No.17987796

>>17987677
I think they are cool

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>>17987790
>Mr Robot did the whole hacker schtick so much better

>> No.17987858

>>17987790
There would be no Mr. Robot without Neuromancer zoomer retard

>> No.17987883

>>17987858
I know, that doesn’t mean that Mr Robot hasn’t surpassed Neuromancer though. It took some components and built on them and made a better story with better themes and better characters

>> No.17987897

>>17987883
Is it good? I’ve never seen it

>> No.17987939

>>17987677
It is a shame that everything which made it good turned out to just be Gibson's failure at writing genre fiction.

>> No.17987951

>>17987939
what does this even mean

>> No.17988028

>>17987677
What do you like about it, OP?

>> No.17988032

>>17987939
wat

>> No.17988060

>>17987951
>>17988032
It means he did some very interesting things with technique to cover up his failings as a genre writer, he relied on his creativity and ignorance. After the success of Neuromancer he focused on the formulas of genre fiction instead of developing those techniques which got him through his first novel and short stories. There is little to set his style apart now, some interesting and fun ideas set into a rather bland and generic framework.

>> No.17989746

>>17987939
So what? The same can be said of JG Ballard, another god-tier writer who didn’t understand the genre he was writing in so wrote actual amazing books instead of generic adolescent SF schlock.

>> No.17989768

>>17989746
Sew buttons on your underwear.

>> No.17989803

>>17987897
Not really. It's ok by TV standards