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Originally Posted by Toxaris
Yuck, Cyberpunk as it is (was?) called. Never got into that style of SF. There were some good novels in my opinion, but they were rare.
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Every genre will have more bad books than good ones. It will also depend on the person.
There is still new books that are more recent than the '80s that qualify as Cyberpunk (??) with Virtual Reality / Cyberspace / Biotech. Here is some that I really enjoyed:
- Inferno by Dan Brown (maybe this is less biotech and more a simple virus?)
- As The Mirror Cracks by Steven Lyle Jordan
- Breakthrough with sequel Leap by Michael C. Grumley
- Wired with sequel Amped by Douglas E. Richards
- Mind's Eye also by Douglas E. Richards
- Silo Saga (Wool, Shift, Dust) by Hugh Howey (great nanobots)
- last not least: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Maybe the mistake is to stick to a certain genre too much. The more you look for specific genres, the easier you will find the bad ones. Of my list there is only two books (that are not in a series by same author) that are somewhat similar, but still have a totally different feel to them - and that is
As The Mirror Cracks and
Ready Player One. Both even use very similar technology and equipment. Of course the online experience is different ...