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I did not particularly enjoy this book. It was too fractured for my taste. It was all over the place and hard to keep straight. I usually enjoy cyberpunk but not this one.
It's hard to remember how ground-breaking some of Gibson's ideas were in 1984, when this was first published, since concepts like being jacked in to the internet have become almost commonplace in current science fiction, and cyberspace is a reality in today's world. Even now, it's an exciting read with an intricate plot. And what carried the book for me were the characters, especially Case and Molly.
I sometimes find when reading "hard" science fiction like this that it's a bit like reading in a ...more
I sometimes find when reading "hard" science fiction like this that it's a bit like reading in a ...more
This is a book I'm glad to have read but also thrilled not to be reading any more. I know this is a classic of the genre and that in 1984 when this was published this basically created a brand new kind of cyberpunk fiction. But I thought the actual book was somewhat confusing and sort of boring to read. It was thickly plotted (maybe even too thickly), but still felt like not much was really happening.
The narrator for the audiobook could have been better. He had a quiet voice and he seemed to stu ...more
The narrator for the audiobook could have been better. He had a quiet voice and he seemed to stu ...more
Tough going at first but I'm glad I persevered. I found a BBC radio play version online that also helped to round off the experience: Neuromancer BBC Radio Play
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While a fair bit of the jargon went over my head, and I didn't really connect with the characters, I still got a fair bit from this book. I found the visions of the future thought provoking, not only the technology, but also the societies.
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Loved reading the beginning but progressively lost my interest because I didn't care for the plot or the stories. Read date is a guess
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Dec 29, 2008
Angela Randall
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it was amazing
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Apr 26, 2015
Cora
marked it as tbr-on-hand
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Sep 09, 2024
Marie (UK)
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