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From: wex@banzai-inst.SW.MCC.COM (Alan Wexelblat)
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: from notes to letters
Message-ID: <144@banzai-inst.SW.MCC.COM>
Date: 11 Feb 88 15:41:14 GMT
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In article <1988Feb2.225916.10648@sq.uucp>, hobie@sq.uucp (Hobie Orris) writes:
> Anyone read "The Artificial Kid" by Sterling?

Yes.  I read it quite recently.  There will be a review in the next
OR.  But for those who can't wait...

I liked the book.  It's not cyberpunk in the sense that we think of it
from Gibson, Walter John Williams, etc.  No decks, cowboys, zaibatsu.
It's set on the terraformed planet of Reverie and tells the story of
the Artificial Kid, a combat artist.  That's right, combat artist.  He
makes his living fighting and selling tapes of his combats.  He has
fans the way today's rock stars have fans, etc.  Artificial Kid is
Sterling's second novel and is a little rough in the plotting, but the
concepts are very good and it's intellectually challenging.

Artificial Kid is a little hard to find - good luck.  Best bet is to
try a good SF paperback house.