As a massive Heinlein fan I’ll say Starship Troopers because I think that’s a fascinating discussion about what you owe your country or the price of citizenship. Since Heinlein is my favorite author I’ll pick another one as well.. A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick. I know he had drug issues and this book is an interesting look at the cycle of drugs and addiction and the ending was tragic but also very realistic. I like that the movie included his tribute at the end.
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I have Neuromancer but haven’t read it yet. I always saw cyber punk as a branch of sci-fi
it's kinda overrated if you already read/watched other cyberpunk themed works. it pioneered the genre, but the writing sucks
Hard disagree. Unless you're talking Bruce Sterling, who I haven't read, Neuromancer obliterates other things that call themselves cyberpunk. By the 90s, cyberpunk had morphed to aesthetic and Snowcrash, the TTRPG, Shadowrun, etc. just don't compare. Snowcrash in particular is a downright miserable read.