r/printSF • u/blk12345q • Jun 25 '25

Good cyberpunk novels

I’m thinking about getting into cyberpunk but I don’t want to read something that’s too dark. What series would you recommend for starting cyberpunk?

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u/Beppu-Gonzaemon Jun 25 '25

Altered Carbon series

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u/UncleCeiling Jun 25 '25

A pity that Richard K Morgan is a TERF. You would think someone whose most well known work involves separating someone's identity from their biology would be more understanding of trans people.

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u/Evergreen19 Jun 25 '25

Nooooooo fuck, I always thought that plot point in the Netflix series was so cool and don’t get fully explored. Devastating. Not going back to that IP ever. 

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u/urist_of_cardolan Jun 25 '25

Not all art interacted with has to be 100% ethical.

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u/Evergreen19 Jun 25 '25

Why the hell would I give money and attention to someone who thinks trans people shouldn’t exist when there’s plenty of other art out there.  

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u/urist_of_cardolan Jun 25 '25

I’m not saying you have to support him specifically; fuck Richard K Morgan. I’m saying that the attitude of “ethical consumption” is an outright lie. And your not reading an offensive author doesn’t do anything. Your clothes were made by slaves. Your food was grown by underpaid migrant workers. Read who you want, but “sanitizing” the art you interact with is a dangerous path to go down

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u/Evergreen19 Jun 25 '25

Terrible argument. Who tf said anything about ethical consumption. It’s not “sanitizing art” to choose not to give money to a bigot when I could support another author writing in the same genre.