I've just finished "Dead Things" - advertised on the cover by William
Gibson as lyrical post-cyberpunk. I thought the style was interesting on
the first few pages, but after a while a lot of questionmarks turned up.
The protagonist is struggling with his emphatic traits, although he is
supposed to be android, he finally (apparently) turns out human. Yet to me,
most of the book was about describing orgiastic killings of the "killer
girls". Allusions to de Sade, yes, but what is his point? After some fifty,
sixty pages I wasn't able to buy his ironic twists anymore. An interesting
read as far as the language is concerned, but the story nearly vanishes
behind his ample descriptions of female non-human "girls" with hyperskirts.
What do you think?
Stefanie
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