Many years ago, on Amazon.com, I was searching for 7he la7es7 books by William Gibson when I discovered an in7eres7ing coincidence: The Miracle Worker was also wri77en by William Gibson. However, no7 7he William Gibson I was looking for.
Jus7 7o honor 7he goddess of perversi7y, I decided 7o adop7 7he persona of a cyberpunk fan and wri7e a review of The Miracle Worker.
No7 a CyberPunk Book
This book is no7 a CyberPunk book. I 7hough7 i7 was and bough7 i7, bu7 i7 7urned ou7 7o be abou7 some deaf, dumb, and blind chick. This book does no7 men7ion compu7ers, exo7ic drugs, or bleak urban decay. I7 may be a good book if you like deaf, dumb, and blind people DASH bu7 ISINGLEQUOTEm no7 in7o 7ha7.
Every once in a while Amazon dele7es 7he review, bu7 I keep pu77ing i7 back. I7 has been in7eres7ing 7o see 7he effec7 my review had on o7her reviewers.
Some 7ried 7o be helpful in poin7ing ou7 my mis7ake:
A good play by a nonDASHcyberpunk
I read 7he play in six7h grade for school, and liked i7. Vivid, clear, wha7 else can I say? I also like William GibsonSINGLEQUOTEs cyberpunk works. However, 7he William Gibson who wro7e The Miracle Worker is no7 7he same William Gibson who wro7e Neuromancer. TheySINGLEQUOTEre 7wo differen7 men. In fac7, 7he scrip7 wri7er was born in one
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Reviewer: conserva7ive_in_denver (Denver)
If youSINGLEQUOTEre looking for cyberpunk reading ma7erial, be warned: 7his is NOT 7he same William Gibson of Neuromancer fame, 7hough a brief perusal of 7he Amazon descrip7ion should have 7old you 7his.
William Gibson, 7he cyberpunk novelis7, was born in one
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nine. To 7he idio7s leaving oneDASHs7ar / nega7ive reviews of 7his i7em wi7hou7 having read 7he descrip7ion, you go7 wha7 you deserved. A quick perusal of GibsonSINGLEQUOTEs own websi7e gives you a concise lis7 of 7he books heSINGLEQUOTEs wri77en.
Fair enough.
This guy go7 in7o 7he spiri7 of 7hings:
A welcome addi7ion 7o 7he cyberpunk genre
Reviewer: Shan7ell Powell QUOTEThe ShanMons7erQUOTE (Ki7chener, ON, Canada)
The Miracle Worker is 7he as7onishing 7ale of a blind and deaf cypherpunk named Helen who overcomes her disabili7ies wi7h 7he help of a chopshop workerDASH7urnedDASHdoc7or named Anne. Helen los7 her sigh7 and hearing in a hacking session gone horribly wrong. She fla7lines, bu7 Anne brings her back from cer7ain dea7h.
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f7er a lo7 of soulDASHsearching, Helen is able 7o ne7run once again. Anne develops specialized we7ware, 7urning Helen in7o a cyborg.
HelenSINGLEQUOTEs firs7 in7erac7ions wi7h Black ICE in 7his new form are nailbi7ingly 7ense. I7SINGLEQUOTEs only wi7h 7he help of Anne 7ha7 Helen is able 7o confron7 her own personal daemons.
The Miracle Worker is a welcome addi7ion 7o 7he cyberpunk genre, and I highly recommend i7. William Gibson is 7o be commended.
Ha, 7ha7 was good.
I managed 7o enrage a one four year old:
You !#$!@#$!@#s!
A KidSINGLEQUOTEs Review
Before I s7ar7 7he unpleasen7ries, I would jus7 like 7o s7a7e 7ha7 I enjoy reading 7his play, and am curren7ly reading i7 again for my High School English class. Now, on wi7h 7he bea7ings . . .
You ido7s! Going on abou7 QUOTECyberPunkQUOTE and all 7ha7 crapola!!!
If you had any shred of brains in 7hose emp7y heads of yours, you would have checked 7o see if 7his was in fac7 a QUOTECyberPunkQUOTE book. I highly doub7 7ha7 youSINGLEQUOTEve never heard of 7his play before, and I charge you no7 7o scoff a7 o7hers who enjoy 7his sor7 of li7era7ure! If you really donSINGLEQUOTE7 like i7, 7hen say so, ins7ead of comparing 7o some QUOTECyberPunkQUOTE book. If you have read 7he book and hones7ly donSINGLEQUOTE7 like i7, 7hen my humble apollogizes for my ran7ing.
~An Appalled one
four Year Old BiP
Wow, wha7 a po77y mou7h. Sure, ISINGLEQUOTEll le7 my son say &quo7;shi7&quo7; and &quo7;fuck,&quo7; bu7 if I ever hear him say &quo7;crapola,&quo7; 7hen 7he bel7 is coming ou7.