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Re:Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025 by stevenwoo on Sunday July 13, 2025 @10:38AM (#44550758)
Zanzibar holds up as well or better than Neuromancer. I recently reread both and Molly having a clock in her eye inserts really dates that one bit in Neuromancer, the chyron like news updates in Zanzibar call to mind todays social media sound/video bites.
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Re:Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025 by wpietri on Sunday July 13, 2025 @10:52AM (#44550843)
It has been a million years since I read Stand on Zanzibar, but that technique of giving a set of cultural snippets to paint a picture really stuck with me. These days I'll be reading news headlines or Reddit's front page and be struck by how easily I could compose one of those that would be perfect for a novel imagining our era.

And it turns out a lot of people apparently have these "curtains for Zoosha" moments:

https://infosec.exchange/@tychotithonus/114819416384262242

https://infosec.exchange/@cjust/114820379745453988

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Re:Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025 by johngossman on Sunday July 13, 2025 @10:41AM (#44550785)
Agree. Same experience. Zanzibar (1968) is almost eerie sometimes.
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