Still reading Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire. First book in her October Daye urban fantasy series.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
For details on the c/Books Bingo, check the Midpoint check-in post.
Still reading Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire. First book in her October Daye urban fantasy series.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
For details on the c/Books Bingo, check the Midpoint check-in post.
I am currently reading Neuromancer by William Gibson. This novel is often credited with starting the cyberpunk genre. It’s a novel that is so iconic that when you read it today, it feels a little generic. If I didn’t know the history, I would say someone wrote a book version of Cyberpunk 2077. It is interesting because he actually uses real life brands, instead of being forced to invent brands for the book (like what Cyberpunk 2077 did).
I have a hard time imagining someone calling Neuromancer generic. While the ideas may have been emulated, the dreamlike nature of the writing blurring the lines of reality is something that few other authors have managed to do on that level
No I am not calling it generic. I’m just saying the book is so iconic and so copied that coming to it for the first time today feels like I’ve already read books and played video games that are like this. It’s not a fault of the work, it’s just that it’s hard for it to feel fresh today.
Basically the “Seinfeld is unfunny” trope
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunny