NYTimes: The Evolution of Cyberpunk (1993)

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Anyone else here interested in things cyberpunk?

Does anyone else here affiliate themselves with the cyberpunk movement? Is anyone here interested in cyberpunk ideas? Glossy fashion and role playing games allowed, I guess, but I'm more interested in people who actually code and have a little socio-political chip on their shoulder. ;p

Damn, Neuromancer was good. Gibson created and transcended the genre in one book.

"3Jane answering in song, three notes, high and pure, A true name."

Ever since I've read and re-read this book, this perplexes me. What was the true name?? Isn't it revealed like in Wizard of Earthsea..

Maybe three notes, like A, E, G, etc. ?

Gibson, Sterling, Vinge, and later Stephenson each helped take the cyberpunk genre to a new level. That said I think John Brunner's "The Shockwave Rider" deserves more mention then it usually gets and I'm glad it appears in this article.

Brunner wrote many good stories.

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