Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Rudy Rucker - "As Above, So Below" (short story)

Found it alongside the stunning 3D Mandelbrot images. It's not bad, but again I was hit by what a thin line separates the good cyberpunk from the "hey I talk hacker-lingo".

Can't help but think William Gibson is so good at what he does because he hints, never tell. It's not even the film-rule "Show, don't tell", it's even more subtle. Show the edges, never the inside. Show its shadow, never its shape.

Perhaps it's the same after all.