getting into the sprawl trilogy and burning chrome

[ulmeyda]

i've been reading through neuromancer and im having a blast, i'm not much of a fan of the cyberpunk genre (im aware the original genre is dystopian-fiction) but this book just makes me fall in love with it more.
im wondering if the entire sprawl trilogy + burning chrome are worth reading/looking into and if so please give me some advice when it comes to my expectations and whaatnot, any form of that would be nice.

 

[ThatOneLum]

William Gibson is foundational to the genre (literally), and his work can feel a little rough if you've read modern takes on the genre.

They're mostly straight-up classic Cyberpunk with corpo-control, near-future settings ruined by tech, and a huge focus on an underground scene of criminals working against corporate interests.

RE: Sprawl, it's a great trilogy to get into because they're not directly tied together by main characters or anything. The entire series takes place over nearly 2 decades (IIRC) and mostly focuses on new people for each novel.

I can also recommend "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" which is a Phillip K Dick story that went on to become the basis for Blade Runner. Even if you've seen the film, I can highly recommend the book because it genuinely adds a decent amount of stuff that you don't really get to understand from the movie alone.