From: spamis@thenew.black   
      
   In article , SpaceGirl wrote:   
      
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   > He really has lost his way... it seems that cyberpunk writers have a very   
   > short half-life in which they produce interesting work.   
      
   i'd agree with this if we could edit it to read "CP writers have a short   
   half-life"  .. which they do.  but i don't think Mr. G has been a CP   
   writer in a long time.. the labels superglued to him.. no shaking it   
   loose.. but that does not mean the guy has to play along ; )   
      
      
   IMO Gibsons   
   > successor should have been Neal Stephenson, and perhaps for a while he was.   
      
   hmm.. well i'm not a fan of NS's .. i liked "Zodiac" and there was a   
   good book in Snow Crash just begging for a brutal editor to cut it   
   free.. unfortunately i think they left too many of those extra pages in   
   and smothered the thing..   
      
   but .. NS and Mr. G are at opposite poles really.. Gibsons prose is   
   worth reading regardless of substance.. thats remarkable to me.  the   
   style alone is substance!  i'm always in awe of that when i read him..   
   i think people forget that this isn't just a means to communicate..   
   a talented author makes the means of communication beautiful in and of   
   itself.  NS can't do that.. or hasn't done it yet .. or maybe doesn't   
   value it and has no interest .. i don't know.  but these 2 aren't in the   
   same league .. they can't be.. thier not playing the same sport.   
      
      
   > But his books are loosing coherance and "style". I always through style was   
   > a defining factor of CP.   
      
   define "style" ; )  .. when i say "style" i usually mean the prose   
   style.. everyone has a distinctive one.. (ok.. everyone with an inkling   
   of talent) .. but i think u mean fashion?  i'll agree that CP has a   
   traditional "style" in that sense.. and a traditional look.. and yes, NS   
   doesn't seem to be a big fan of it.  he's more of a straight up SF   
   writer IMO.   
      
   >Anyway, one author who still seem to managed a grip   
   > on the genre (IMO) is JC Grimwood. His books are getting better and better.   
   >   
      
   never heard of him.. but i'll put it on the list.   
      
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