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Help identify the best cyberpunk books ever written! I'd also like to include biopunk, nanopunk and other off-shoots.
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message 1: by Kelly (new)

Kelly How are the Foundation novels Cyberpunk at all?


message 2: by Jan (last edited Sep 14, 2013 06:06PM) (new)

Jan H. I'd say too they are not.
The same as 'Pattern Recognition' and probably some other in the list.
Is any Dune book a cyberpunk ? I only read the original one.


message 3: by Gokhan (new)

Gokhan Dune is not Cyberpunk.


message 4: by Michael (new)

Michael Bacon I removed Dune and the Foundation books from this list because they do not hold any semblance to the cyberpunk genre.


message 5: by Ash (last edited Dec 09, 2013 12:03PM) (new)

Ash Othello? Hah. Okay.


message 6: by Michael (new)

Michael Bacon Ash wrote: "Othello? Hah. Okay."

Deleted.


message 7: by Gregor (new)

Gregor Leseratte Nice list!
Thanks!


message 8: by Wendy (new)

Wendy White I am so happy to see how far this list has grown. I think I started it with about 25 books, desperate to find more in the genre - and now there are 84! Awesome work people :D


message 9: by Jan (last edited Mar 10, 2014 09:33AM) (new)

Jan H. I just subjectively wonder what "Snow Crash" is doing on 2nd place.
As my friend said to my complaints about the book being weird: "That guy simply can't write" :\


message 10: by Kelly (new)

Kelly Freedom-Daniel Suarez, is on here twice. #43 and #90.


message 11: by William (new)

William Watchmen is more of a "Steampunk" Graphic novel no?


message 12: by William (new)

William Jan wrote: "I just subjectively wonder what "Snow Crash" is doing on 2nd place.
As my friend said to my complaints about the book being weird: "That guy simply can't write" :\"


I'm audio booking it now. Luv it


message 13: by Alan (last edited Sep 03, 2015 03:40PM) (new)

Alan Michaels William wrote: "Watchmen is more of a "Steampunk" Graphic novel no?"

No, Watchmen is neither Steam nor Cyberpunk. There is nothing tying it to the genre. If anything its superhero scifi.


message 14: by Alan (last edited Sep 03, 2015 03:44PM) (new)

Alan Michaels Michael wrote: "I removed Dune and the Foundation books from this list because they do not hold any semblance to the cyberpunk genre."


Dune Chapterhouse is still on the list. Also Heads up Mirrorshades, and When Gravity Fails are on the list twice.


message 15: by Dan (new)

Dan McKeown A list of great cyberpunk novels and there's no Bester's The Demolished Man?

And arguably the greatest cyberpunk trilogy of all time, by the incomparable John Brunner, doesn't even have one mention?! No Stand on Zanzibar, The Sheep Look Up, or The Shockwave Rider anywhere to be seen?

The thread necro will be worth it if someone adds at least one of these four amazing books to the list.


message 16: by Chad (last edited Nov 12, 2020 11:05AM) (new)

Chad Dan wrote: "And arguably the greatest cyberpunk trilogy of all time, by the incomparable John Brunner, doesn't even have one mention?! No Stand on Zanzibar, The Sheep Look Up, or The Shockwave Rider anywhere to be seen?"

I haven't read those yet, but nothing I've found suggests those books make up a trilogy. Can you link to some information about that?


message 17: by Dullo (new)

Dullo Mullo I love the books here because I am a sci-fi nerd in general, but half of these are really not cyberpunk at all. Who even assigns these tags?


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