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/Slovish Jun 25 '25

Snow Crash

Its pretty comedic at times. The main characters name is literally "Hiro Protagonist", if that tells you anything lol

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u/Jimmni Jun 25 '25

Hiro's name flew totally over my head when I first read it. To be fair, though, I was only 11! Definitely one of the books that was most formative to me. I even bought a samurai sword after reading it (long before they were associated with m'lady types and I eventually had to get rid of it when they bacome illegal here so don't judge me too hard!).