Hardwired
Hardwired features high-tech thrills and unforgettable heroes in the great tradition of William Gibson's Neuromancer. According to Locus, Hardwired is Walter Jon Williams's "best book to date".
Hardwired features high-tech thrills and unforgettable heroes in the great tradition of William Gibson's Neuromancer. According to Locus, Hardwired is Walter Jon Williams's "best book to date".
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780812557961 (0812557964)
Publish date: April 15th 1987
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 343
Edition language: English
Series: Hardwired (#1)
Note: I just re-read this, and decided to give it an extra star. It's slick and fast and I still like the characters. Big fun from one of the seminal cyberpunk novelsThough it involves a somewhat dark vision of earth's future, Hardwired is a fun, fast-moving cyberpunk thriller featuring flawed heroe...
Classic cyberpunk themes and style. This book drips style and cyberpunk sensibility. I liked it for what it was. Cyberpunk tends to age poorly, and this book is no exception. Something of a workmanlike novel, professional but not inspired. Williams can, and has, done better than this.
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