Its been a while since I read it, but iirc, the whole evil capitalism thing wasnt really there in Neuromancer, that only really came in later books in the genre, and it isnt strict.
If you want a pro-capitalism cyberpunk book, the Unincorporated Man is pretty good. Follows a full on horse shoe theory society that went so hard into capitalism they came out on the other side into future-communism, and the hero is a modern billionaire that got frozen for thousands of years, and the entire plot is a lawsuit over him never being incorporated. Brilliant read.
I took a college class on Phillip and William. Anti-capitalism wasn’t brought up once. I’ll have to go re-read some of his interviews. I always got the vibe he was more libertarian like dick. That would be the exact opposite of anti-capitalism.
Its been a while since I read it, but iirc, the whole evil capitalism thing wasnt really there in Neuromancer, that only really came in later books in the genre, and it isnt strict.
If you want a pro-capitalism cyberpunk book, the Unincorporated Man is pretty good. Follows a full on horse shoe theory society that went so hard into capitalism they came out on the other side into future-communism, and the hero is a modern billionaire that got frozen for thousands of years, and the entire plot is a lawsuit over him never being incorporated. Brilliant read.
I’ll have to check that one out.
I took a college class on Phillip and William. Anti-capitalism wasn’t brought up once. I’ll have to go re-read some of his interviews. I always got the vibe he was more libertarian like dick. That would be the exact opposite of anti-capitalism.