Dahlgren, by Samuel R Delany.
Not everyone will agree that this is, in fact, Cyberpunk.
(And not everyone will agree that it was worth reading at
all.) But I say it originated the genre.
I haven't read a lot of Cyberpunk, but I thought
"Schrodinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger was extremely
well crafted and left "Neuromancer" in it's dust. See also
Effingers other work in the same setting including "Budayeen
Nights" and "When Gravity Fails".
I read "Neuromancer" and couldn't decide if I didn't like
Cyberpunk or I didn't like Gibson's writing. Then I read
"Schrodinger's Kitten" (i.e. Cyberpunk but not Gibson) and
"The Difference Engine" (i.e. Gibson but not Cyberpunk) and I
decided it's Gibson I'm not into. I thought "The Difference
Engine" was an incredible concept but the writing just got in
the way for me. I thought "Schrodinger's Kitten" was so well
written that I would have enjoyed it even if I didn't like
science fiction of any kind.
- Mark -
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