- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (1 July 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575044985
- ISBN-13: 978-0575044982
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.2 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,104,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Set in Los Angeles a century from now, this science fiction thriller is the author's first novel. He has published fiction and collages in magazines including "Omni", "Interzone", "Whole Earth Review" and "Semiotext".
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Set in a future LA, this is a classical near-future cyberpunk chemo-fest, with a strong emphasis on the drugs and biotech, which take the prominent role more typically occupied by AI or virtual reality in other, similar examples of the genre such as Snowcrash or Neuromancer. It is an enjoyable, quick and easy action thriller, with some entertaining characters and the usual sets, but the familiarity of this territory makes the situation seem a bit more like Deus Ex than Bruce Sterling.
Pick this up and expect to want to finish it - with relish - and then forget it instantly.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
classic cyberpunk
30 Jan 2007
Format:Paperback
Reading Metrophage was like re-discovering cyberpunk fiction all over again. He channels noir writers just like Gibson does in Neuromancer, but also drops in some sweet art history and quite respectable tech-extrapolations just like Sterling circa Holy Fire and street pomo theory, a la Zeitgeist.
7 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Good, but Neuromancer is far better
18 April 2002
Format:Paperback
once again, a dystopic future where technology replaces morality, etc. etc. etc. It's a fun romp, a good read, but the Zen buddhist ending is VERY heavy handed, whereas Neuromancer's Zen buddhist ending is rather enlightening (just like a Zen buddhist ending should be!;)
So should you rush out and overpay for a copy? Only if you like collecting books and/or are a cyberpunk completist.
Should you read it? yeah, its pretty good.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Don't Bother
25 July 2011
Format:Paperback
I found the whole book disjointed and difficult to follow. There was no real development of an characters just lurching from one disaster to another. Tne story seems to be unstructured and the ending is very disappointing.
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