I remember Gibson's first novels being compared to the
hardboiled writers, especially in regards to style. Take for
example the first sentence of his first novel, NEUROMANCER:
"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to
a dead channel." I think this is hardboiled writing, very
much influenced by Chandler. I also remember Gibson being
compared to John le Carré¬ which sounds quite accurate.
But that doesn't mean I think Gibson is good. I actually
stopped reading NEUROMANCER some thirty pages before the end.
I couldn't care less what happens after that. Haven't tried
again.
There's at least one contact point between cyberpunk and the
hardboiled men's adventure books. John Shirley wrote four or
five D.B. Drumm paperbacks in his early career.
Juri http://pulpetti.blogspot.com
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