So, in pursuing various literature on cyberpunk, I came across the “Mirrorshades” collection of 12 contributions by various up and coming (at the time) cyberpunk writers. (The soundtrack to that, alongside another PC game I used to play called “Megarace” are among a few I would name that were ahead of their time, and aged surprisingly well.) Or if you want to talk about gaming, I could name a ton of recent and old games that fall under “cyberpunk.” Anyone remember the PC/Phillips CD-i game “Burn:Cycle”? No? Maybe I’m the only one who’s old enough to remember that game. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.” Even to anime series like the “Ghost in the Shell” franchise, “Akira,” and “Bubblegum Crisis”/”AD Police”/”Parasite Dolls” (because the latter three are set in the same universe, technically speaking). From William Gibson’s “Neuromancer” (which I plan to do a re-read and review shortly) to the movie “Blade Runner”, which is based on Phillip K. Granted, there are many stories I consider in the vein of cyberpunk that I’ve been exposed to in my time. Some of the authors I’m very familiar with their work, while others were new to me.Īs a genre, I really enjoy reading cyberpunk stories, and I’m proud to say that I was born in the same generation that this particular subgenre was created within the sci-fi community. I did appreciate Sterling’s introduction on Cyberpunk as a genre overall, and I thought it was a good collection overall. There are some really interesting and good stories in the mix included here, and only a few that didn’t really strike me all that well, whether it was the fact some of them were random and not necessarily what I would term cyberpunk, or that some of them seemed a little dated. Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology by Bruce Sterling
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