Forum Overview :: Dead Trees

It's quaint? by Zuckerberg's shrink 11/14/2021, 2:59pm PST It's interesting to read the dawn of cyberpunk and it remains an interesting setting, but it reads fairly sophomoric. Not very far above all those old D&D novels I was into during grade school but are embarrassing now. The street samurai chick boning the computer nerd was especially self insert cringey. Currently I'm reading through Snow Crash for the first time and am having a similar reaction. It's interesting reading all the gig economy predictions made in 1992, pre-Amazon, but the writing skill itself falls short. It's like he's trying to be twice as outrageous as Verhoeven satire but with half the wit.

Is there anything more awkward than listening to audio book sex scenes? NT by Currently listening: Neuromancer 08/29/2020, 3:10pm PDT     This comes to mind by Burma Jones impersonation 08/29/2020, 8:08pm PDT         Oof. NT by The Happiness Engine 08/30/2020, 2:44pm PDT     Do a lot of people dislike this book? by laudablepuss 11/08/2021, 1:33pm PST         Re: Do a lot of people dislike this book? by laudablepuss 11/08/2021, 1:46pm PST         Tell me when you've finished reading. NT by MM 11/08/2021, 3:04pm PST         Gibson is underrated these days by blackwater 11/09/2021, 8:45am PST         Re: Do a lot of people dislike this book? by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/09/2021, 8:55am PST             Re: Do a lot of people dislike this book? by laudablepuss 11/09/2021, 10:55am PST                 Re: Do a lot of people dislike this book? by Vidinfox 11/09/2021, 12:36pm PST         This was a fun book by laudablepuss 11/13/2021, 11:39pm PST             Re: This was a fun book by laudablepuss 11/13/2021, 11:56pm PST         It's quaint? by Zuckerberg's shrink 11/14/2021, 2:59pm PST