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Title: Avoid this flaccid derivative like THE PLAGUE!
Review: I had excoriated this novel from my mind, and then was reminded of it strolling along an Amazon Cyberpunk reading list.This is derivative junk. It is not an homage or pastiche - it was an attempt by an author to "cash in" on the cyberpunk craze of the 80s. It is forgotten, but not a "forgotten classic". The plot is puerile, the tech laughable, and the characters one-dimensional. VERY little suspension of disbelief or sociological relevance. Some reviewers say that the main characters are based on "real" punks of the Paris underground. Whatever. Then the author COMPLETELY failed to make them believable or interesting!Avoid this trash. If you get a retro kick to read some classic cyberpunk look out for the usual suspects - Gibson, Sterling, Spinrad, Brunner, etc. Or even second and third wave authors. Avoid this book.
