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From: janke@hpindda.HP.COM (Randy Janke)
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: Why Cyberpunk is popular -- the computer expert as Cowboy
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Date: 14 Dec 87 17:58:08 GMT
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> Gibson created a world where the computer whiz could be a real, honest to
> goodness, cowboy style gritty action-hero, without it seeming silly.
                                ????????????
I dont think that I would label any of the characters in Neuromancer with
a 'hero' tag.  Nueromancer provides an exotic vision into the street-smarts
(and underground) of a high tech future.  To be a hero, one needs a single
sustaining motivation to a goal.  The characters within Neuromancer, did
not seem to control their own motivation.  In contrast, they seemed more
like animals in a skinner box that were trying to interact (sometimes
randomly) in an extremely variable environment.  I really liked Neuromancer,
but I shrink from anyone attributing heroics within the context of the plot.

For Gibson fans, _Cinefantastique_ reports that Gibson is working on a screen
play for ALIENS III.

-rj-