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• Re: (Score:1)

  by Aristotle (5147)

  I don’t know why either. But with regard to Gibson I can relate. I did read Neuromancer and liked it, but it was a difficult read. At various stretches, I had to force myself to keep reading (particularly at first), while at other times when all the parts came together, it was a first-grade page turner. And then suddenly there’d be another slow patch in the middle of it. On the whole I liked it, though. So I tried to read the rest of the trilogy, but I couldn’t manage – there were pa
  • John Brunner (Score:1)

    by Allison (3003)

    I've never read John Brunner, I try him.

    Jack Chalker's Wonderland Gambit series had a similar feel to Neuromancer, but I enjoyed it. It's part of why I picked up Neuromancer.
    • Re:John Brunner (Score:1)

      by Aristotle (5147)

      Try the Shockwave Rider [wikipedia.org] first then. Quoting Wikipedia on Brunner [wikipedia.org]:

      Brunner’s best-known work is perhaps 1975’s proto-Cyberpunk The Shockwave Rider, in which he coined the term “worm”, used to describe software which reproduces itself across a computer network.

      He also managed a fairly impressive extrapolation of the way a virtually omnipresent computer network would affect people’s lives, in that book.

      You may want to plan on reading this book at least twice (eventually
    • Re:John Brunner (Score:2)

      by ziggy (25)

      I liked John Brunner, but I read a couple of his novels back-to-back, and now I can't tell them apart.

      Some of his novels, like Shockwave Rider and The Tides of Time are sui generis. Stand on Zanzibar and The Sheep Look Up are two of his better works, somewhat similar (yet totally unrelated stories), and remain forever entwined in my mind. ;-)
• Try his books in reverse order :-) (Score:1)

  by Adrian (66)

  I may be biased (I like the early Gibson just as much as his more recent work) but maybe you should try reading his books in reverse order of publication :-)

  To my eyes there has been a pretty linear progression in style from Neuromancer to Pattern Recognition, so you may also like his later books like "All Tomorrow's Parties".
  • try it, you'll like it (Score:1)

    by Allison (3003)

    I'll add him to my list. It may take me a while to get to his books. I don't get much time to read these days, so familiar enjoyable authors and new authors get a higher priority than familiar authors with a 50% chance of disappointing me.

    If what you say about a linear progression in his style is true, maybe I'll only read what he writes in the future. :)
• finishing Neuromancer (Score:1)

  by cjcollier (1094)

  I keep intending to finish reading Neuromancer. I got about halfway through, as well, and just haven't been inspired enough to find my way to the end. I'll take a look at Pattern Recognition. Thanks for the hint :)