Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix Plus

[Schneibster]

I read the original novel, and most of the short stories/novellas, back in the day when "cyberpunk" was new and hot. I've always enjoyed this retrospective, and I think I'll go read the rest of the cyberpunk canon after this.

 

Sterling describes the experience of writing this stuff as "[when] I finally gnawed my way through the insulation and got my teeth set into the buzzing copper wire." Reading it was like that, too, the first time, and I still get that sharp metallic taste even today.

 

I think I'll read Eclipse next.

[Schneibster]

Lol, I've gotten to the part where Abelard gets talked into taking an extended EVA and says to the bugxxxx dude he's talking to, "No drugs, man. I don't want any drugs." and the dude goes, "No. man, you can't take drugs. If you take drugs the Sun won't talk to you."

Bwahahahahaha.