Neuromancer
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William Gibson
Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer is a science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.Case was the sharpest data-thief in the matrix—until he crossed the wrong people and they crippled his nervous system, banishing him from cyberspace. Now a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run at an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, a mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case is ready for the adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction.Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future—a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations.
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Author
William Gibson
Pages
288
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2000-07-01
ISBN
110114646X 9781101146460
Ratings
Google: 5
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"Incoherent, fast-paced, technobabble that leaves me gripping the pages hoping to understand what’s happening by the next page. But I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t anything keeping my attention. That previously mentioned incoherency is definitely one of its strengths. One excerpt in mind invokes such a strong sense of reaction speed that I really want to emulate that feeling in my own writing. Definitely for the 2cool4schoolers that thought that 1GB floppy drive was the coolest sh!t ever 😎 💾 🤖 "
Kweku Ananse Haki
"Quintessential sci-fi reading. Everything you know about Cyberpunk was imbued with the soul of this book. "
Marcus
"It took me a long time to love this book, and an English class where we studied sci-fi to remotely understand it, but I have come to appreciate this for the brilliant work it is."
Jennifer
"Didn’t follow"
lizard
"The cyberpunk genre was born here. Reading this book is almost a pilgrimage for fans of this particular genre."
Aleicia Soards
"I was confused about what was happening pretty much the whole time. Lots of invented lingo and technology. Sudden switching between the real world and cyberspace. It's difficult to follow the plot and motivations of the characters. But it's a solid 4 stars because the characters are very original and interesting, the ideas are fascinating, and it is ultimately well-written. Being confused is not necessarily a bad thing; in this case (lol, pun), it's challenging and makes it the kind of story you understand more every time you read it. I audiobooked it and I'm not sure that was a good idea. I needed to take notes. Next time, which will be a long way in the future, I'll read it in print. One more thing, it really started out as a pulpy noir, which I don't like, but about halfway in, it found its own voice, and I liked whatever that was."
Sarah Davis
"Hard to read"
nö nö
"It’s a classic "
Morgan Dontanville
"This week's reading hasn't been what I'd call lovable, but necessary. Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, by David Treuer. Oh, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - which was alright, but not something I'll reread. It would make a better movie, imo."
Chelle
"To be fair, Gibson's Neuromancer is the grandaddy of the cyberpunk genre. But cyberpunk has never really resonated with me... I've been coding for over a decade now and have yet to meet anyone even remotely close to a cyberpunk! On top of that, the character development in Neuromancer is pretty weak and his 3-D style description of cyberspace was annoying (although totally visionary at the time I'm sure). On the plus side, the universe that Gibson builds is pretty incredible and his tech vision (from the 80's) wasn't terrible - so that's cool. But I read this more as a matter of duty than for pleasure."
Max Nova
