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Neuromancer

By William Gibson

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| Paperback | 9780586066454

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A hard-boiled futuristic novel, NEUROMANCER uses as its stage the boundless range of modern cyberspace. The author's hero, Case, is a cyberspy, the best in the business. But he plays his games close to the edge and double-crosses the wrong people.

Banished from cyberspace and restricted to lifeContinue

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NEUROMANCER by William Gibson

Review by Devon Shepherd AUG 21, 2011) One of the rare books to wear the coveted triple-crown of science-fiction, winning all three major prizes in the genre (the Hugo, Phillip K. Dick, Nebula awards), as well as being included on Time Magazine’s 199 ... (read full critics)

mostlyfiction published on Mon, 22 Aug 2011

Neuromancer, by William Gibson

Home Contact us Posts Comments What is there still to be said about Neuromancer? William Gibson’s startling novel is revered in certain circles as a genre-defining piece of modern literature, representing a startling glance into an all-too-possible f ... (read full critics)

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Couldn't really get into it at first, but then couldn't put it down again after ~100 pages or so.

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Andrea said on Mar 30, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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If you turn the book on its back, you will notice a chromed, perfectly round hole, near the top of the cover. If you plug an Ono-Sendai dermatrode in it, and attach its other side to the jack on the back of your neck, you will start experiencing something.
Voices coming from inside you, suggesting i ... (continue)

If you turn the book on its back, you will notice a chromed, perfectly round hole, near the top of the cover. If you plug an Ono-Sendai dermatrode in it, and attach its other side to the jack on the back of your neck, you will start experiencing something.
Voices coming from inside you, suggesting images of weird cities, engaged in a mutated melting-pot of languages and practices. Everyone seems to walk a bit too fast, there, with a hood protecting them from the intrinsic humidity, their gazes pointed slightly downward.
If you stay connected for a while, you might find out a thing or two: tales of unorthodox heroes, unexpected bodies, unpredicted forms of life, untrustworthy acquaintances, miserable media stars.
When you, eventually, jack out, you'll find yourself in a different place.

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Xdxd Vs Xdxd said on Jan 12, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | 1 feedback

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The second attempt

1st reading review:
I read this in Italian, back in 1989, I was a kid (I just discovered cyberpunk) and I didn't understand half a fuck of it. I, of course, always though "if the translation is so hard I'm not even getting close to the original, despite my English being not so bad". Now in 2009, tu ... (continue)

1st reading review:
I read this in Italian, back in 1989, I was a kid (I just discovered cyberpunk) and I didn't understand half a fuck of it. I, of course, always though "if the translation is so hard I'm not even getting close to the original, despite my English being not so bad". Now in 2009, turns out that the Italian version is an infamous BAD translation, everyone knows it (well, but me of course) and make fun of it. The English version is no walk in the park but no impossible either. Here come the 2nd round of Neuromancer vs. Giorgio. (plus, it's the same edition of my copy of Count Zero, so they look nice on the bookshelf).
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2nd reading review:
ASTONISHING. But I'm immensely annoyed that I can't seem to find a way to give two different votes, in 1989 I didn't like it, of course. TWO STARS for 1989, FULL FOUR for now.

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Luciferasi said on Dec 17, 2009 | Add your feedback

Pretty good book, enjoyable picture painted by Gibson to a future world

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Lugwigvan said on Sep 1, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Well better late than never - I got this after reading Scarlett Thomas' recommendation in the Guardian. I loved it. Amazing how very little of its SF content has aged, and how much literature and cinema this book has inspired. Plus it's seriously well written. I am a big fan of Raymond Chandler and ... (continue)

Well better late than never - I got this after reading Scarlett Thomas' recommendation in the Guardian. I loved it. Amazing how very little of its SF content has aged, and how much literature and cinema this book has inspired. Plus it's seriously well written. I am a big fan of Raymond Chandler and I guess this is the stuff he would have written, had he lived long enough to get to play Space Invaders on speed.

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LFrig said on May 26, 2011 | Add your feedback