Comment by atombender
Comment by atombender 2 days ago
For anyone into cyberpunk, I recommend checking out Alfred Bested, who seriously influenced the genre.
His two masterpieces, The Stars My Destination and The Demolished Man, could both be called "proto-cyberpunk", but the one that I think comes closest is Extro (1975, also published as The Computer Connection). It's a crazy, fun, ballsy, flawed novel that was panned when it came out, but way ahead of its time.
Nice, I was very happy to see that 5 authors have recommended The Stars My Destination -> https://shepherd.com/search/author/14620
But nothing for Demolished Man yet. Very cool and I'll check it out :)