I've been reading all of Williams Gibson's novels back to back and the thing that surprises me the most is that this guy...
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I've been reading all of Williams Gibson's novels back to back and the thing that surprises me the most is that this guy... for all of the moodiness and cyberpunkery loves a happy ending. A happy ending for everyone. In the strict rules of drama this should make the novels comedies. But I don't think that quite fits.
Normally something big and unprocessed happens at the end, but bad guys generally get theirs, and the good guys, and the weird guys are alright, not perfect but OK.
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I've been reading all of Williams Gibson's novels back to back and the thing that surprises me the most is that this guy... for all of the moodiness and cyberpunkery loves a happy ending. A happy ending for everyone. In the strict rules of drama this should make the novels comedies. But I don't think that quite fits.
Normally something big and unprocessed happens at the end, but bad guys generally get theirs, and the good guys, and the weird guys are alright, not perfect but OK.
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Doing that does make it feel like the story is over. That's important. Can't just... trail off. But endings are hard.
Among the sci-fi and cyber punk... who does endings well do you think?
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Doing that does make it feel like the story is over. That's important. Can't just... trail off. But endings are hard.
Among the sci-fi and cyber punk... who does endings well do you think?
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@futurebird I know a lot of people dislike Neal Stephenson's endings as they tend to be rather abrupt. He was asked about this a long time ago in a Slashdot interview, and basically said he ended his books exactly as intended and liked it that way.
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@futurebird I know a lot of people dislike Neal Stephenson's endings as they tend to be rather abrupt. He was asked about this a long time ago in a Slashdot interview, and basically said he ended his books exactly as intended and liked it that way.
With Stephenson I always feel like he's trying to get me to join a church or donate to his Kickstarter for some dubious self improvement method about 1/2 through all of his books... which is why I've not finished reading any of them.
He can write a good hook, though. He gets me invested, then starts getting on my nerves more and more until I just put the book down.
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With Stephenson I always feel like he's trying to get me to join a church or donate to his Kickstarter for some dubious self improvement method about 1/2 through all of his books... which is why I've not finished reading any of them.
He can write a good hook, though. He gets me invested, then starts getting on my nerves more and more until I just put the book down.
@futurebird @jenesuispasgoth oh no, now I'm going to dig up the Stephenson Thread from my old account. I hope you're happy
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@futurebird @jenesuispasgoth oh no, now I'm going to dig up the Stephenson Thread from my old account. I hope you're happy
@futurebird @jenesuispasgoth FOUND IT
https://tech.lgbt/@xelle/110231067087431367
(TL;DR: go read Akira)Edit: tag this account if you make a reply to that thread, otherwise I won't get notified
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