Neuromancer
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.
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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Neuromancer, if it didn't invent cyberpunk, certainly established it as a subgenre of science fiction. I had seen little bits of storyline like it, but as elements of backdrop in other sci-fi stories. This was the first that immersed me in it. The vision required at the time to conceive of such a strong intertwining of man and machine that was not just a warmed-over bionic man scenario was truly groundbreaking. It was fascinating in its depiction of how machines not only influenced a character's abilities, but the character as a person. This is common nowadays with the proliferation of technology, but in 1984, Gibson was a prophet. Brilliant writing. Highly recommended!
Classic cyberpunk. It’s gritty, fast, and full of ideas that still feel ahead of their time. If you like tech and hacking vibes, this is a must-read.
A mandatory read for anyone like myself: too young to know the birth of cyberpunk, but enthralled by it nonetheless. Without Gibson, there is no cyberpunk, yet, unlike so many of our forebearers, Neuromancer holds up impeccably. The few anachronisms add to its charm and the writing is detailed, if a bit abstract. I can't say I adored the book, but it is certainly very good.
OK. I get it. It's a brand new thing in science fiction... thinking about cyberspace and digital connectivity. And a lot of it came true. I am glad I FINALLY got to finish this book. I started it 3 times and had to return the book/put it away/whatever twice. This time I got to hear the story of Case's fall and resurrection and to see the sprawl, as well as many other imagined settings. This was a very creative novel.
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