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Cyberpunk

Tank · 2025-02-03 17:50
are there any cyberpunk books that are technically accurate like Daemon / Freedom™? as much as i love Neuromancer, it's really obvious that he thinks computers run on magic and it kinda takes me out of it. The closest thing i can think of is Snow Crash, but it's a little too wacky for my tastes and a little too futuristic. I'm basically wanting the book equivalent to Mr. Robot.(USER WAS WARNED FOR THIS POST, You should always elaborate on your opinions rather than just spilling the soykaf.)
Judge Fang · 2025-02-05 10:11
>>10884 > are there any cyberpunk books that are technically accurate like Daemon / Freedom™? I haven't read either, so my recommendation may fall a bit short of expectations. I'll be sure to check them out though. > as much as i love Neuromancer, it's really obvious that he thinks computers run on magic and it kinda takes me out of it. Your post made me realize that most of the science fiction I've read treats computers the same way, with the overly caffeinated genius smacking his keyboard a few times and shouting "I'm in." > The closest thing i can think of is Snow Crash, but it's a little too wacky for my tastes and a little too futuristic. > I'm basically wanting the book equivalent to Mr. Robot. The "Little Brother" series by Cory Doctorow. Specifically, Attack Surface, the last book in the series, which is from the perspective of one of the main antagonists Masha. It's about a young woman who joins the government to fight terrorists following a bombing in the San Francisco tunnels, and who then becomes less enamored with their methods as time goes on. Very similar to Edward Snowden's journey. The first two books in the series are about Marcus and his attempts to fight mass surveillance in San Francisco following the same bombing attack. They're a bit more childish in tone but I like them. Doctorow has also written adult science fiction, namely the Red Team Blues series, about a forensic accountant in Silicon Valley. The first book focuses around a murder mystery and a billion dollars of stolen cryptocurrency. Besides that, I'm not sure. The Lainchan Lainzine has a few short stories by NullMuse about hunting hackers via honeypots that are very interesting. Kevin Mitnick's Ghost in the Wires was pretty good, but it's non-fiction.
Jet Black · 2025-07-31 23:26
>>10895 did you read them yet i really cant think of anything else like them short of crichton
John Percival Hackworth · 2025-09-23 21:14
You are going to like Neal Stephenson, check out Snowcrash too. The Library of Broken Worlds is good world building, really nails cybernetics and sentient information.
John Percival Hackworth · 2025-09-23 21:21
>>11698 Sorry, I'm on a slow Feed connection and can only get the one book through
Delilah · 2025-12-10 06:05
>>11698 Don't get me wrong, I love Stephenson and this book, but the Diamond Age aka subterranean tantric orgies as a network/calculus power tool as technically accurate ???? From Stephenson, less computer ish but realistic/down to earth there's Zodiac
Cypher · 2025-12-10 16:58
I would look at Project Itoh's stuff. It's not really like Mr Robot but Genocidal Organ and Harmony are on the more grounded and realistic side
John Percival Hackworth · 2026-01-27 13:11
>>11868 I would argue Stephenson was absolutely accurate. He correctly predicted that consumer-grade "general AI" would be a mechanical turk in sheep's clothing.
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