I'm interested in trying out some books in the Cyberpunk genre and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on what to try first? Cheers.
I read Neuromancer and I was disappointed tbh. I really wanted to enjoy it, but it was just too all over the place, I kept picking it up thinking "this time it'll explain what's going on and I'll actually understand" but it never really did. I still have no idea what most of the concepts in it actually were.
That's unfortunate, but not entirely surprising. The first time I read Neuromancer I was pretty confused, and by the end I was thinking "Why did I read this again?" I came back a few months later and re-read and was able to appreciate it a lot more. If you want to try your hand at another cyberpunk book, I would suggest the Avery Cates series by Jeff Somers (the first book is called Electric Church).
Ryan Span's Street Trilogy might be up your alley. Street: Empathy Street: Clairvoyance I think are both in print/ebook. He does a lot of his work by online serial at his website: streetofeyes.com so you could take a look before buying.
