Cee
I have read good cyberpunk and then I have attempted to read this. I was surprised. Stephenson was in his 30s when it was published in 1992. From the... "edginess", I expected him to be in his teens. Maybe if I read it in 1992 when I was 17 I would have lapped it up. I lapped up everything else cyberpunk so it's a surprise this one passed me by.
It appears I am more "Marid Audran" (Effinger) than "Hiro Protagonist" in my leanings.
The thing is, people are going to say "but it's a parody". Yeah, great. Doesn't mean it's a good one. I went through Mirrorshades with the same feeling with a lot of the material. Some good stuff, other bits? Not so much.
I have read good cyberpunk and then I have attempted to read this. I was surprised. Stephenson was in his 30s when it was published in 1992. From the... "edginess", I expected him to be in his teens. Maybe if I read it in 1992 when I was 17 I would have lapped it up. I lapped up everything else cyberpunk so it's a surprise this one passed me by.
It appears I am more "Marid Audran" (Effinger) than "Hiro Protagonist" in my leanings.
The thing is, people are going to say "but it's a parody". Yeah, great. Doesn't mean it's a good one. I went through Mirrorshades with the same feeling with a lot of the material. Some good stuff, other bits? Not so much.