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

"Hard to read"

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"It’s a classic "

Morgan Dontanville

"The cyberpunk genre was born here. Reading this book is almost a pilgrimage for fans of this particular genre."

Aleicia Soards

"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

"This book not only changed Sci Fi but half the internet is named from things from this book"

Paul Jeszenszky

"This is definitely a foundational work in the genre and the descriptions are lush and amazing. I love reading older sci-fi for the kind of grimy analog futurism and no one does that like Gibson. However, the main character is kind of pathetic and weird, the women feel like props, and the characters of colour are embarrassing."

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