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SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board  /  Books  /  William Gibson...THE MAN!!!
Posted by: TheParadoxicalShaman, March 6th, 2004, 12:07am
Alright, i said philip k. dick was awesome at sci-fi, but William Gibson has to be recognized too...
totally sweet stories, all of them.
Look up JOHNNY MNEMONIC for a sample.....though, it was a pretty bad movie and it had Keanu Reeves at his less than finest.....and.....it was a bad movie...

BUT  TRUST ME!!!
he rocks
Posted by: FSKessler, March 6th, 2004, 4:28pm; Reply: 1
If you like Gibson (Neuromancer, Burning Chrome, New Rose Hotel, etc), check out a cat named Walter John Williams.  His stuff is cool Cyberpunk with its own identity, rather than a rip of Gibson or Dick.
Posted by: TheParadoxicalShaman, March 6th, 2004, 8:52pm; Reply: 2
oh yeah
cool...thnx alot
i'll look into it....gotta love that gritty far-from-mainstream cyberpunk sagas...
Posted by: FSKessler, March 8th, 2004, 11:09am; Reply: 3
It's funny...Keanu made one of the worst Cyberpunk movies ever (Johnny Mnemonic), but followed it up with the best Cyberpunk movie EVER (The Matrix).
Posted by: TheParadoxicalShaman, March 8th, 2004, 8:49pm; Reply: 4
yeah i know...
irony knows no bounds
Posted by: ZombieAutopilot, December 29th, 2004, 4:15pm; Reply: 5
havnt read Neuromancer yet ( said to be his best book ) but Pattern Recognition ( his most recent i believe ) was really great. Not really into reading novels alot but this was really entertaining
Posted by: Abby, January 7th, 2005, 4:25am; Reply: 6
I have to respectfully disagree.

Neal Stephenson is THE MAN!!!  Check out his work!  They'd make awesome movies, too.  I hope to see them in theaters someday.

And some of Greg Egan's stuff would also translate well to film.
Posted by: TheParadoxicalShaman, January 7th, 2005, 9:39pm; Reply: 7
have read neal stephenson.  and i agree with you.  but i can't leave the loyalty of the man that gave birth to 'cyber-punk'......sorry:p

bruce sterling is good too!
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