tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post4377127522194482339..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Bowes on the Noir Roots of CyberpunkLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-50986656881549259162011-09-06T12:39:32.721-04:002011-09-06T12:39:32.721-04:00I'm glad to hear someone not only validate the...I'm glad to hear someone not only validate the thesis, but also to learn that you enjoyed <i>Count Zero</i> a bit more than <i>Neuromancer</i>! I'm of the same opinion. Though <i>Neuromancer</i> was more ground-breaking, <i>Count Zero</i> had a better plot and an unambiguously positive ending. I enjoyed it a lot.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-64022751999616234462011-09-04T14:56:13.421-04:002011-09-04T14:56:13.421-04:00Dystopian novels
When I was researching/writing f...Dystopian novels<br /><br />When I was researching/writing for my novel The A-Men, I read a lot of dystopian stories to get just the right balance of future world and collapsing society. I wanted to use the trope of the main character entering a riot-torn corporate-run city while mixing this with strong fantasy elements/stories. Gibson was an early influence for me... but the final list included:<br /><br />Cloud Atlas*<br />Nineteen Eighty-Four<br />Battle Royale<br />Brave New World<br />A Clockwork Orange<br />Count Zero*<br />Mona Lisa Overdrive<br />Neuromancer<br />The Children of Men<br /><br />The ones with asterisks are my personal favourites.<br /><br />*But* very early on I also added noir classics especially from the 1940s to my reading list, and in this way created plotlines that were very much in the crime/punk vein. Though few scifi authors cite noir fiction as an inspiration, reading them tells me that they do/were influenced.<br /><br />Somewhere in the Night, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Nightmare Alley --- almost everything by Cornell Woolrich… the list goes on.Bettiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916445672154793248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-36376222050793505272011-09-04T14:54:00.783-04:002011-09-04T14:54:00.783-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bettiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916445672154793248noreply@blogger.com