(Interesting factoid - Gibson mentions 'microsofts' in the book. Here is a free copy you can read online or download: Not trying to be mean and he's a great coworker, but my dude does not know what cool is, but he's still out there, recommending this book as a serious read and setting people up for mental whiplash when they read that incredibly goofy first chapter and wonder if they're being pranked.Īs others have said, I would seriously look at Neuromancer - Gibson nearly invented (or at least defined and crystalized) the genre of cyberpunk. Like the person who recommended it to me wears giveaway shirts from Unix conferences and fully believes that Snow Crash was intended to be cool and stylish and badass, because, well, he has no idea what stylish and cool actually is since his clothing style is Unix conference shirts, a buzzcut because 'he has never understood the point of hairstyles' and sandals with socks. Problem is tons of people misunderstand it and think Stephenson meant for a main character called Hiro Protagonist who carries a katana and is the best of the best of the best at everything to be interpreted as cool and, as such, they recommend it as a serious and cool cyberpunk read. It was indeed written to be parody of cyberpunk. Know any others? Message #scifi and let your friendly mods know! Imaginary Mindscapes - The Art of Imagination.The Orville (Star Trek Comparisons NOT allowed).The Orville (Star Trek Comparisons allowed).Ghost in the Shell and Ghost_in_the_Shell.Previously interviewed authors in the Ask an SF Author series: To write spoilers in comments, use the following method: (/s 'Darth Vader is Yoda's father')Īward Winning SF author Nancy Kress answers questions from the Reddit Scifi Community If you see a title with a spoiler in it, downvote it as hard as you can and then message the moderators.

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