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“Towns like this are for people who like the way down.”

Neuromancer by William Gibson

July 22, 2025 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Reading the “classics” of a subgenre is sometimes an underwhelming experience. Decades of creators have had opportunities to explore and expand the subgenre. By the time one gets to the roots, a novel can sometimes be more of a respected artifact than an engaging book. Unfortunately, that is what happened to me with Gibson’s famous Neuromancer. That being said, it was still an enjoyable page-turner. The story centers on Case, a digital cowboy. He is a talented (and drug-addled) data thief in the matrix, a sort […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr17bingo, cyberpunk, william gibson

Halbs's CBR17 Review No:16 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, cyberpunk, william gibson ·
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The fame, the wealth, the surveillance system in her body

Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase

April 11, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I started Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase sometime in early 2025. It took me until March 30, 2025 to read. Not because it was a bad book, necessarily,  but because it was a dense, hard read. There were a lot of descriptions of what was happening (even if it was just trying to get out of bed, let alone the technical parts), cultural references and even the way of speaking that was not what I was used to. The idea of a future where we […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Abused women, African futurism, afrofuturism, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopian fiction, Electronic surveillance, feminism, patriarchy, Social Themes, Tlotlo Tsamaase

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:191 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Abused women, African futurism, afrofuturism, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopian fiction, Electronic surveillance, feminism, patriarchy, Social Themes, Tlotlo Tsamaase ·
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If stealing from dragons is bad, what about stealing for them?

Never Steal from Dragons by Patrick Dugan

February 24, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Never Steal From Dragons is a fun cozy sci-fi/fantasy heist adventure. A lot of the expected tropes are present: a group of very highly skilled but very different individuals are forcibly assembled by a mysterious powerful individual who wants them to steal something in return for basically making their dreams come true; it is of course an offer that cannot be refused. Chaos, clever remarks, etc. ensues. In the world of Harmony, there are any number of beings recognizable from folklore including pixies, dragons, kitsune, […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fantasy, Featured, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cozy adventure, cyberpunk, folklore, heist, hidden folk, neuromancer, never steal from dragons, patrick dugan, Speculative Fiction

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:10 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fantasy, Featured, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cozy adventure, cyberpunk, folklore, heist, hidden folk, neuromancer, never steal from dragons, patrick dugan, Speculative Fiction ·
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Review #11: “Boy, I was daid”

Neuromancer by William Gibson

December 30, 2023 by Monty Leave a Comment

A re-read, but one I do every year or two because of just how much I love this book. Publisher’s description: “The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus-hallucination, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace… Henry Dorsett Case was the sharpest data-thief in the business, until vengeful former employees crippled his nervous system. But now a new and very mysterious employer recruits him for a last-chance run. The target: an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence orbiting Earth in service of […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, #WilliamGibson, cyberpunk, neuromancer, william gibson

Monty's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, #WilliamGibson, cyberpunk, neuromancer, william gibson ·
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Titanium Noir

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway

June 22, 2023 by Owlizabeth Leave a Comment

I was lured in by another beautiful cover on the library shelf. A reference to William Gibson mixed with Raymond Chandler on the back, and I obviously had to bring this one home. Now that I’ve finished, I can say I’m glad that bright green caught my eye, but I’m not sure I’ll be actively searching out more Nick Harkaway. I’ve said before I love a gritty detective novel with a twist, and that’s just what this is. This is set in a future with […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cyberpunk, detectives, future crimes, mystery, Nick Harkaway, Noir, private investigator

Owlizabeth's CBR15 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cyberpunk, detectives, future crimes, mystery, Nick Harkaway, Noir, private investigator ·
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Stepping out of my comfort zone

Noor by Nnedi Okorafor

April 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My review for the Afrofuturism novel, Noor by Nnedi Okorafor AO is part human, part cybernetics. She is an example of how far we’ve allowed technology to become us and we it. We have allowed technology by this futuristic date, to control everything in our lives. Sure, we’ve harnessed clean wind and solar energy but at what price? “Big Corporation” owns everything. The media is controlled and with enough money, lies can be bought as truth. Therefore, in many ways, it is Now (with more […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: afrofuturism, cyberpunk, genetic engineering, Nigeria, Nnedi Okorafor, tradition vs progress

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:179 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: afrofuturism, cyberpunk, genetic engineering, Nigeria, Nnedi Okorafor, tradition vs progress ·
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