I seem to have skipped the whole cyberpunk phenomena of the late 80s and early 90s in science fiction. My frequent housemate Blake kept up-to-date on such things, so I was aware of William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and Bruce Sterling, but never read them.
In the past few months I've started to catch up. Neuromancer and Snow Crash have been recent reads, and I'm feeling 20 years late to the party. No matter, I'll have something to look for the next time I go to Powell's. Next book on my list right now is Chuck Palahniuk's latest, Snuff.
- Ben
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Hey Ben,
Those are some cool books and great authors you have listed there. But I am really interested in knowing what you think of "The Best of The Best" short story collection? Are you liking it so far? While there are a few I didn't care for, overall I really enjoyed that book, and I'm glad to see that other people are reading it too.
I haven't read a "Best SciFi of XXXX" for a couple of years, so I don't have a good base for comparison, but some of the stories really stopped me in my tracks.
I think my favorite so far is Terry Bisson's “Bears Discover Fire.”
Yeah, I agree that there are some stunning stories in there. "Bears Discover Fire" was really good. I think my favorite so far is Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life." I like a lot of his stuff, but that story just really spoke to me.
I'm sure you're aware, but I have reviewed several of the stories in that book on my blog, feel free to leave comments about any of them - I'd love to hear what you think.
I wouldn't mind hearing your thoughts on on the cyberpunk novels either!
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