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I'm about to finish a pretty good fantasy trilogy and want to change it up. Which of these Cyberpunk books should I get to first?
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I’m about to finish a pretty good fantasy trilogy and want to change it up. Which of these Cyberpunk books should I get to first?

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I’m about to finish a pretty good fantasy trilogy and want to change it up. Which of these Cyberpunk books should I get to first?

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  1. Savy_Spaceman

    Note: Already listened to Altered Carbon and Ready Player One

  2. Nodbot

    I love the narrators for Neuromancer and Blade Runner

  3. StayInTouchStudio

    Neuromancer. It’s a perfect book. Genuinely beautiful writing-William Gibbons talks about technology like a poet.

  4. m1stadobal1na

    Off topic but I love Brandon Sanderson good choice.

  5. bikini_carwash

    Neuromancer, but I’d read it first, not audiobook. Gibson doesn’t take time to explain jargon, so narrated passages may whizz by you. You can take your time while reading.

  6. PK808370

    IMO:
    1. Neuromancer and other two in this series
    2. Snow Crash
    3. Trouble and Her Friends

    Also finishing Sanderson right now – Stormlight…

    And, I agree – all these need to be read, not listened to.

  7. amalgaman

    Look up the Otherland Series by Tad Williams.

    Snow Crash is a stand alone.

    Neuromancer is a must.

    Ready Player 1 is a fun read but you have to turn your brain off.

  8. bigrig107

    2077: no coincidence is actually on Spotify, if you have that. It’s pretty good so far, about a fourth of the way in.

  9. ToranjaNuclear

    Neuromancer then Snow Crash imo. Snow Crash is like a crazy mash up of cyberpunk ideas so it’s interesting to read Neuromancer first.

    Never read A Scanner Darkly, but the movie is phenomenal and I highly recommend it.

  10. imoutherejerkin

    I feel like since these are on the same list you should know Neuromancer is basically the blueprint for the cyberpunk genre (idc about any “um actually” bs lol) also on one of them please tell me that’s a different Jonathan Davis and not the lead singer of Korn doing narration lmao

  11. tmronin

    I’m an Audible fan as well.

    Cyberpunk 2077: No Concidence was ok. it’s a bit of a weird translation from the native Polish.

    Snow Crash & Neuromancer are both solid listens – great reads as well.

    The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi is great as well.

  12. TheIdSavant

    I’d go with *Neuromancer*; there’s really nothing else quite like it.

    I also suggest you check out *Hardwired* and *The Voice of the Whirlwind* by Walter Jon Williams. He’s a fantastic writer and major influence for the Cyberpunk TTRPG (he was a play tester for the base game and even authored a sourcebook directly adapting the setting of his novel).

  15. EntityMatanzas

    Its hard to not say Neuromanver but Snow Crash is one of my favorites. I love words, language, and off the wall charecters and it has all of that.

  16. Triniculo

    True Names by Vernor Vinge is a great cyberpunk book

  17. TheBooKid

    Ready player one and ready player two are very good books. Read them a couple times.

  18. YellowBlush

    All of those are great choices except Ready Player Two, in my opinion. You should definitely read them all at some point.

  19. Hyperkabob

    Oh man Neuromancer. Snow Crash is great as well but has some problematic parts.

  20. TulsaOUfan

    Ready Player one is magical. It saw the Altered Carbon Show, but have the first book already in my library to get to. I also have ready Player two bought and ready as well. No direct experience on any of the others

  21. Cazmonster

    Neuromancer and then Count Zero. Mona Lisa Overdrive was harder for me to like.

  22. epcot_1982

    I mean, change it up all you want but you know you wanna read The Alloy of Law next.

  23. remimorin

    Well Neuromancer is so acclaimed I guess it will be my next read.

    Before the “SciFi” I knew was the “classic”. Asimov and such. Then I didn’t read that much SciFi. Then I read Altered Carbon. This is a solid cyberpunk black novel. It’s a bit too much testosterone infused but it explores future technology and warfare.

    So the read is not “poetic deep” this is more like a polar cyberpunk where you don’t question too much you just enjoy the ride.

  24. crystal_castle00

    I love Neuromancer, you’ll see where SO MUCH well known Sci fy get their inspiration from these books. Gibson laid the foundation for so much world building.

    I also really enjoyed altered carbon.

    This just reminded me to add ready player one to my list too. My physiology prof had a lot of really good things to say about this book.

  25. Low-Ad-3954

    good luck, Op on Ready Player one. I couldn’t even get past the second chapter

  27. Few_Noise

    Both Bladerunner and Neuromancer get into the philosophical realm of consciousness. They’re very complimentary in an odd way.

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