Tribe wrote:
"Another one that just came to mind is K. W. Jeter's
Noir."
How is this book? The title has intrigued me. I read a few of
Jeter's earlier books (Dr. Adder, Glass Hammer and was
especially impressed by Farewell Horizontal), but lost track.
Which are the best of his other books? Please keep in mind
that, with a few writers as exceptions, I'm not much of a fan
of sci-fi.
"I agree with Jess that the cyberpunk titles have little noir
sensibility...if anything, they are more hard-boiled in style
and feel, if that."
Not that I'm particularly well read in cyberpunk (some
Gibson, some Stephenson, some Jeter and Shirley, one
Cadigan), but this also makes sense to me. For instance, it's
usually Chandler that's referred to when discussing
cyberpunk, not Thompson or Cain. And part of the Chandler
influence is certainly by way of the movie Blade Runner (far
more than the PK Dick book it was based on).
I read somewhere (I think some anthology from Mondo) that
Vernon Vinge's True Names was the true birth of cyberpunk.
Does that sound right to anyone who's read it? Is it any
good?
Mark
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