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Agreed. Speaking of underrated works from cyberpunk authors, you may be interested in William Gibson's non-fiction essay collection Distrust That Particular Flavor. My hot take: I think Gibson's non-fiction is much stronger than his fiction.

EDIT: Ooh, that collection includes Disneyland with the Death Penalty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_with_the_Death_Pena...



> My hot take: I think Gibson's non-fiction is much stronger than his fiction.

Wow, that's spicy.

Will def check those out though.


Here's an even spicier take:

Although less prescient, Seveneves was a better read than Cryptonomicon.


Let's hope it is less prescient. If it isn't... global warming will be the least of our problems.


You shut your mouth! :-)

Actually, if you said the first 2/3 of Seveneves was a better read than Cryptonomicon, then maybe..




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