Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Is the book as good as his short stories are? I love those, but I'm reluctant to read Oscar Wao, because sometimes good short story writers aren't such good novelists.
I much preferred Drown. I think that Oscar Wao is episodic enough that it gets to some of his strengths as a short story writer. But Drown was so much better.
Since cyberpunk came up, and it reminds me of my semi-annual plaint of "What is 'cyberpunk,' exactly?" (that's NOT what this post is about), it made me think of steampunk, and how when we were discussing steampunk quite some time ago (over a year ago, IIRC), Jilli mentioned The Anubis Gates, and I don't know if I ever mentioned this, but right after she mentioned it, I got it from the library, and although it took me a little bit to get into it, I *loved* it. LOVED. It's so sly.
Sterling calls out the weaknesses in Neuromancer to praise Greg Bear's Blood Music
According to your link, that particular article was written by Candace Berragus, not Bruce Sterling.
I'd add Walter Jon Williams Hardwired to Hec's list to round out the pulpy side of cyberpunk.
And, of course, Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne (A Tek Jansen Adventure).
my semi-annual plaint of "What is 'cyberpunk,' exactly?"
I was thinking about this while scrolling through Powell's "cyberpunk" list. Which includes The Crying of Lot 49 and A Clockwork Orange, among other things. Appears they view anything dystopian as cyberpunk. Also anything by Philip K. Dick.
I wanted to leave a snarky comment that something with "clockwork" in the title is clearly steampunk, but I did not.
According to your link, that particular article was written by Candace Berragus, not Bruce Sterling.
That's Sterling's pseud.
That's Sterling's pseud
Aha! I did not know this.
what's "metaverse"? Would the Dream Park novels count?
I think that Oscar Wao is episodic enough that it gets to some of his strengths as a short story writer. But Drown was so much better.
I'll def. have to reread Drown. It's been years and I don't think I own it. I'm actually still loving Oscar Wao. It's slow going only because I'm reading right before bed and I have to sleep. I'm finding it hard to put down though.
I read Whacked yesterday. No good. But the narrator, up until the last 40 pages, totally reminded me of Kristen (TV writer, sort of obsessed with grisly murders etc).
I was set on starting Thousand Acres, but then I left it at school. Am reading the History of Love instead.
Junot Diaz was on the Colbert Report on Wednesday. He was pretty awesome.