‘Mozart In Mirrorshades’ by Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner
Sterling says: “This footloose time-travel fantasy emerged in a happy spirit of Movement camaraderie.” I guess a footloose time-travel fantasy is an appropriate as any way of ending an anthology which has nothing to do with cyberpunk. He continues (rather limply): “Its headlong energy and aggressive political satire are sure sign of writers who feel they have points to make.” It certainly has energy but what Sterling takes for aggressive political satire is merely feeble farce. This is the anti-‘Gernsback Continuum’ and is devoid of all merit. Bah.
Quality: *
Punkosity: *
Written by Martin
5 May 2011 at 08:08
Posted in sf, short stories
Tagged with bruce sterling, lewis shiner, mirrorshades
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5 May 2011 at 10:30
]I would like to know: Is there a movie calles “Mozart in mirrorshades” also ??
Markus
30 April 2012 at 17:36
And “Bah” back to you. A story that has aged well, and merits rereading. IMO.
Yes, it’s something of a throwaway, but so what?. Our whole *genre* is something of a throwaway….
pdtillman
26 February 2017 at 23:22