I’m sure this has been debated/posited here before, but I’m trying to choose between these two cyberpunk classics and can’t seem to make up my mind.
Context: I’m not usually a genre reader (more “lit fic” and non-fic, i guess), but a couple months ago i read Lord of the Rings and absolutely loved it. I decided to give more genre and plot-driven stuff a chance afterwards.
But… i just finished DUNE, and can’t say i really loved it. I really enjoyed the world building and palace intrigue in the first half but ultimately found Herbert’s prose to be pretty boring and the second half a bit of a drag (odd because i much prefer the second movie).
Nevertheless i want to dive in to a cyberpunk classic now and I can’t pick between these two. They both seem interesting. Humor goes a long way for me, so I’m leaning toward Snow Crash… tho the fact that the protagonist’s name is Hiro Protagonist, and that he’s a pizza delivery/hacker guy, makes me think it’s a little more nerd-boy humor than I’m gonna like.
Any guidance? A random sampling of authors I really love: Vonnegut, Paul Beatty, David foster Wallace, Orwell, Charles Portis, Tony Tulathimutte.
by Equal_Feature_9065
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I haven’t read Snowcrash but Neuromancer is the book that got me back into reading after a 20 year hiatus.
If you found Dune to be boring/a drag I don’t know if you’ll like neuromancer. I thought it was more inaccesible than Dune.
Neuromancer.
Based on what you mentioned, I think Snow Crash would be better first between these two.
I enjoyed Neuromancer. But it took a while for the lingo to click and get to a point where I could not only picture things, but follow the plot. Reading it the second time was better for me because I had a base understanding of the plot to then see deeper into it.
I’d suggest Snowcrash. It’s definitely the more entertaining of the two.
I enjoyed snow crash more
Snowcrash