Neuromancer

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Call Number: Science Fiction / Gibson, William, Adult Book / Fiction / Science Fiction / Classic / Gibson, William
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Case, a burned out computer whiz, is asked to steal a security code that is locked in the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system.

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A mind-melting breakthrough when it came out and still well worth your time submitted by hathaway1066 on July 14, 2014, 7:05pm This was a genre-introducing/creating novel when came out. It's dark vision of a tech-defined world seems ever nearer to becoming real, but it was visionary to see that in the early 80's when this came out. You may want to read this just to be a little less shocked as that 3D printed reality continues to unfold. But then again you might read it just to enjoy a good bit of noir-y sci fi. Definitely read if you like 'Blade Runner' or even 'The Matrix'.

The One that Started it All submitted by teeris on August 14, 2014, 10:16pm Cyberpunk came into being with this epic future inspiring novel. The scenery descriptions, the characters, all meld together into a perfect vision of our techno reality that is coming to be. If you like this book, also look for Burning Chrome, a compendium of short stories by the author.

Epic cyberpunk progenitor submitted by eknapp on August 7, 2015, 10:36am In a cyberpunk dystopian future, a broken down runner, biomodded mercenary, and an insane ex-soldier are hired by an artificial intelligence for a complex series of real-world and cyber-world heists.

First off I have to note how incredibly much the heavy hacker card game Android: Netrunner draws on Neuromancer. Terms like ICE, icebreaker, flatline, tracer all appear to have their roots here, as well as shout-outs like the name Armitage. It's a treat.

There's a ton of world-building terminology and Gibson doesn't slow down to explain. It's sink or swim, a lot of work. But really really good.

The climax was almost too immersive...I kept thinking of that part of 2001: A Space Odyssey where the camera flies between two endless planes of colorful light (wtf...?) If not for the brief here's-what-happened-to-the-characters coda, I'd have been lost.

Having just finished Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, I found myself comparing them frequently. Gibson is the better writer, I think, but he also made it much harder to maintain momentum. I periodically found myself about to read the same sentence for the fourth time in a row, just kind of spacing out. As dense as it was, Snow Crash felt like a lighter read.