This book should have all the trappings of a space adventure.
And it does: covered in the slimy muck of dystopian angst. I know he’s considered a cyberpunk great but this novel, surrounded by trappings of cyberpunk, leaves that setting quickly, to dwell on the hopelessness of dreams and implant induced hallucinations of Japanese mythology.
The novel was depressing, fatalistic and lacked the fun I like in my punk. Not a bad read, but not a keeper either.
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