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   HP to Mitch Leary   
   Re: Mirrorshades: Your Favorite Story???   
   02 Jun 04 03:54:07   
   
   From: wintermute@virtuality3d.co.uk   
      
   I think my fave has got to be Snake-Eyes by Tom Maddox.   
   Petra is another favourite, altho i'm not entirely sure what it has to do   
   with cyberpunk.   
   Damn fine story story tho   
      
      
      
   "Mitch Leary"  wrote in message   
   news:6d258eab.0405310315.3f5fd040@posting.google.com...   
   > I recently found a beat up old copy of Mirrorshades at a used   
   > bookstore.  What is your favorite story from this book?  This book   
   > makes me want to go out and buy every cyberpunk novel ever printed.   
   > This stuff is outstanding!!!   
   >   
   > I've also been getting into Greg Egan novels.  What a mind this guy   
   > has.  Axiomatic is his book of short stories, and I can't recommend it   
   > highly enough.  But the gem of Egan's work has to be Permutation City.   
   >  Downloading millions of people onto a chip!  I want to be the first.   
   > Lol  So much so that I'm thinking of designing a room (or even a   
   > larger structure) to look and feel like you're inside a chip.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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