[ethbr1]

'Yours Truly' seems banal when the main character is Hiro Protagonist.

Self-debasing levity is one of the many reasons Snow Crash (1992) is a great reaction to Neuromancer (1984).

[dozerly]

I think quite a few folks missed or have forgotten that Snow Crash is a satire on the cyberpunk genre AND society at the same time

[kridsdale1]

And those folks are trying very hard with the whole Torment Nexus thing.

[foolfoolz]

nueromancer tried to be edgy and serious, snow crash is weird and fun

[ethbr1]

Neuromancer was edgy and serious... in 1984.

And as Gibson later said ~00s, cyberpunk's moment is past and now it's boring. (At least according to him, but that counts for something)