On: NYTimes: The Evolution of Cyberpunk (1993)

[jraines]

Damn, Neuromancer was good. Gibson created and transcended the genre in one book.

[bayareaguy → jraines]

Gibson, Sterling, Vinge, and later Stephenson each helped take the cyberpunk genre to a new level. That said I think John Brunner's "The Shockwave Rider" deserves more mention then it usually gets and I'm glad it appears in this article.

Brunner wrote many good stories.

[wallflower → jraines]

"3Jane answering in song, three notes, high and pure, A true name."

Ever since I've read and re-read this book, this perplexes me. What was the true name?? Isn't it revealed like in Wizard of Earthsea..

[ivankirigin → wallflower]

Maybe three notes, like A, E, G, etc. ?