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Summary: My favorite cyberpunk book, and one of my three favorite SF.
Review: Well written, fast paced. Superb tech. descriptions
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Summary: One of the best
Review: While this book, like Neuromancer, is one of the founding books in the cyberpunk movement, the two books could not be more different - except they are the same.That is, Hardwired is a story set in a future dystopia where people are caught up in events that lead to changes that seem beyond the scope of changes that people like them could make. Of course, there are drugs and other fun stuff, a network of computers that are hacked, and large corporations. Hardwired is different in that it is a much better action story, with the main characters being a street samurai and a panzer driver. Gives the book a much different focus than Neuromancer with a decker as a main character. And the world is much more alive. Dirtboys and mudgirls are moving, struggling, alive in glorious MOTION. It's a book that you can immerse yourself in for the hours it takes to read it, blink, stagger outside, and look around at the world, disappointed, because it's not the right world. Somehow, the world of Hardwired is so compelling that you forget for a while our world. That's about as high a recommendation as a book can get.
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