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The 10 Greatest Cyberpunk Books of the 21st Century, Ranked (www.cbr.com)
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It's always hard for me to find good newer cyberpunk novels. I can find random self-published novels all over the kindle store but it's hard to find new cyberpunk novels from actual publishers (with actual editors). So this list is really helpful for me. I've read some of them already and of the ones I know, I think this is a pretty solid list.

Altered Carbon - Richard K. Morgan (2002)
Pattern Recognition - William Gibson (2003)
The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi (2009)
River of Gods - Ian McDonald (2004)
Waste Tide - Chen Qiufan (2013; English translation 2019)
Infomocracy - Malka Older (2016)
Market Forces - Richard K. Morgan (2004)
The Body Scout - Lincoln Michel (2021)
Void Star - Zachary Mason (2017)
36 Streets - T. R. Napper (2022)

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[–] [S] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Thanks for that explanation! I hadn't read Market Forces yet since the description didn't sound very interesting to me, but this list made me think maybe I should give it a second look. I really enjoyed other Morgan novels (Altered Carbon, Thin Air) so I was willing to give this one the benefit of the doubt. I'll probably just skip it though.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    You’re welcome.

    The funny thing is, I am a fan of cyberpunk but I picked the book up because it features a “death sport,” which I tend to like even more. But it didn’t do anything for me on that front, either!

    I’m willing to be wrong and it’s actually a great book, but I struggled.

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