perceptualChaos Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Anyone else into this shit? I finally got round to reading Neuromancer... such a fucking awesome book, it's hard to believe it was written in the 80's - so visionary. Other highlights of the genre (related genres) for me: Neal Stepenson - The Diamond Age Ghost In The Shell (Standalone Complex! The first part) Bladerunner Any other recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsy Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 not sure if its all classed as cyberpunk but anything written by philip k dick is class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perceptualChaos Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 Yeah Phillip K Dick was a legend! He was a little bit before the cyberpunk movement so I think most of his stuff is probably technically just classed as science fiction but there's definitely a lot of cyberpunk themes in some of his work (corporations, rebellion, dystopic future projected from fucked up present, technology) so it might as well be. I haven't read do androids dream of electric sheep yet but apparently the movie was a lot more cyberpunk than the book(?) . What's your favorite Phillip K Dick book Bugsy? Or top 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsy Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 there was book of short stories that he had written that i was fond of ... had the short that minority report was taken from and some weird others stories. was so long ago i cant recall them too well, but it was something to do with a guy being a detective lol that doesnt help much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perceptualChaos Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 probably one of these I guess: maybe either this or this or just this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grind Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 blade-runner and 'do androids dream of electric sheep' are just sci-fi aren't they? whats the difference between that and cyber-punk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsy Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 collected stories of philip k dick is the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Awesome Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Neuromancer is a fucking badass book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perceptualChaos Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 cyberpunk is a subgenre of sci-fi... obviously sci-fi is pretty broad but like I was writing above cyberpunk is all about a projection of the way the fucked up present society is going into a dystopic technological future society with a heavy tend towards rebellion (hence 'cyber'-'punk'). I think bladerunner is definitely cyberpunk but not sure about electric sheep cause I haven't read it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merge Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 dystopic technological future society with a heavy tend towards rebellion. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeb Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 my dad has a huge bookcase at his house overflowing with hundreds of philip k dick books which i read most of growing up..... one of the greatest minds of last century imo... ubik is one of my fave books.....its about spray-on reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taiko Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I recommend Pattern Recognition (which is mentioned on the cover of Neuromancer in first post). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Blade Runner = adaptation of Androids dream of electric sheep isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perceptualChaos Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 yeah it's based on it but they're not the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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