Neuromancer
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4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
William Gibson’s influential novel came out in 1984, years before most people had heard of the internet. While cyberspace—a term Gibson coined in an earlier story—hasn’t quite turned out like the author predicted, the book remains a head-spinning science fiction classic. The plot is deceptively simple: Suicidal superhacker Case and his razor-clawed new partner Molly are tasked with tracking down a sentient artificial intelligence. But Gibson’s grimy mystery pushes them into the half-virtual world of the Sprawl, a dystopian megacity ruled by corporations and criminals. Neuromancer gives us future-shock shivers every time we reread it.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
William Gibson fans will welcome the 20th-anniversary edition of Neuromancer, the SF novel that launched cyberpunk and anticipated the Internet age. Gibson provides a new introduction, "The Sky Above the Port." .
Customer Reviews
Really interesting book
I know this is a classic and you should read it, but I should warn you the way it was written is a bit confusing.
Books don't get better than this!
If you live in the modern world... If you use a computer... If you have ever been "on" the Internet... If you like a good story... If you like strong, vivid prose... Then you must read this book.
A Few Diamonds in this Dustbin
There are a few ideas here that are pretty impressively prescient, given when the book was written. And there are some strong characters and vivid action scenes. But the plot is really a wreck. Quite difficult to follow in terms of what’s going on. Lots of first person narration from very drug-addled or tech-distorted perspectives. The number of people who give this 5 stars leaves me baffled. It’s a badly written book with a few strong points.