Reading notes: Holy Fire
Sterling, Bruce. Holy Fire. 1997.
Procured from KPL
Begun 7.01.08
Finished 7.08.08
Another sci-fi book filled with Very Important Themes. I’m probably just kind of a moron and incapable of reading critically, but as much as I liked this book, I really didn’t get it. I don't even really have any notes on it. That's how much I didn't get it.
As with Islands in the Net, there was one minor character that I really glommed onto. In Holy Fire it was Bruno, the Italiano gangster. I admit that this is partly because I pictured Robert LaSardo, by far my favorite player of sinister, ethnic thugs, in the role. Bruno has a very brief scene in the book, but it was the one that’s stuck with me the most.
Also, the book coins the term "feeding the gray meat," which I will now proceed to use constantly.
As far as the founding fathers of cyberpunk go, William Gibson has more exciting stories, but Sterling is so very much more readable. I never read a full page in a Sterling book and then think, “WTF just happened?” or have to count back lines to figure out who said what in a mess of untagged dialog.
Procured from KPL
Begun 7.01.08
Finished 7.08.08
Another sci-fi book filled with Very Important Themes. I’m probably just kind of a moron and incapable of reading critically, but as much as I liked this book, I really didn’t get it. I don't even really have any notes on it. That's how much I didn't get it.
As with Islands in the Net, there was one minor character that I really glommed onto. In Holy Fire it was Bruno, the Italiano gangster. I admit that this is partly because I pictured Robert LaSardo, by far my favorite player of sinister, ethnic thugs, in the role. Bruno has a very brief scene in the book, but it was the one that’s stuck with me the most.
Also, the book coins the term "feeding the gray meat," which I will now proceed to use constantly.
As far as the founding fathers of cyberpunk go, William Gibson has more exciting stories, but Sterling is so very much more readable. I never read a full page in a Sterling book and then think, “WTF just happened?” or have to count back lines to figure out who said what in a mess of untagged dialog.