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Neuromancer (Hardcover)

by William Gibson (Author)

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Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Ace (TRD); Reprint edition (Jul 1 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0441000681
ISBN-13: 978-0441000685
Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 363 g

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (334 customer reviews)

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When Neuromancer, a first novel by a young American transplanted to Vancouver, appeared in 1984, it was immediately recognized as the first shot in a science fiction revolution. Innovative in both style and substance, Gibson's tale of a hired-gun hacker caught the spirit of the coming networked world and laid the groundwork for everything from Neal Stephenson to The Matrix. A later novel like Pattern Recognition may surpass it in purely literary terms, but never in influence; Neuromancer may, in fact, be the most influential Canadian novel ever written. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Here is the novel that started it all, launching the cyberpunk generation, and the first novel to win the holy trinity of science fiction: the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. With Neuromancer, William Gibson introduced the world to cyberspace--and science fiction has never been the same.

Case was the hottest computer cowboy cruising the information superhighway--jacking his consciousness into cyberspace, soaring through tactile lattices of data and logic, rustling encoded secrets for anyone with the money to buy his skills. Then he double-crossed the wrong people, who caught up with him in a big way--and burned the talent out of his brain, micron by micron. Banished from cyberspace, trapped in the meat of his physical body, Case courted death in the high-tech underworld. Until a shadowy conspiracy offered him a second chance--and a cure--for a price....

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5.0 out of 5 stars Birth of Cyberpunk, Jan 11 2009

By	Count Zero "Count Zero" (Ottawa Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Neuromancer (Mass Market Paperback)

This Novel has changed my view of the way science fiction works. This book is so clever and well thought out that it feels as if it could actually happen.

as you read the story you feel for all the main characters you worry about them and what will happen. But more importantly you want to know what happens this book will not disappoint. I have encouraged all of my friends who are in to this genera to read this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dominant Classic Standard, Nov 30 2007

By	Vic Vegas "Vic" (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Neuromancer 20 Anniversary Edition (Hardcover)

Neuromancer, to the best of my knowledge, was not written on a computer. To think that the author penned this "old school style" on a pad of paper with a pen, while helping out with family duties at home, makes the achievement even more remarkable. As the door that opened the entire Cyber genre to readers, this is a book you cannot leave out of your collection. For all of the reasons listed above, and many others, it's a work of art. Set aside the ground-breaking concepts of virtual reality and data universes and Gibson stands as one of the great authors of the modern age. He could have written about anything and I think he would be well-know; there is a huge amount of skill present. I also got jolted into the virtual reality at university where it was required reading. It should be required reading, everywhere.

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5.0 out of 5 stars SF Noir...Poetic DreamScapes of a Dystopic Future..., Sep 6 2007

By	NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Neuromancer (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read this masterpiece (together with the other two of the Sprawl series: COUNT ZERO and MONA LISA OVERDRIVE) during my university years, about a decade ago. Since then I have re-read it countless times. Even reading only some pages brings up powerful imagery, dark poetic language, unforgettable prose...

The strength of William Gibson, demonstrated here in full colors, is his ability to create the atmosphere and placing the reader in the middle of things. After reading these books of his, one has the feeling of actually having lived in the Sprawl in a past life!

Start with this one. Then COUNT ZERO. And finally MONA LISA OVERDRIVE.

A Masterpiece Trilogy!!! Own them all!!!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Vast, jacked-in fantasy
It is my understanding that Gibson coined the term "cyberspace"-and very beautifully. When I dream of cyberspace realities, I can not help but invoke fragments of... Read more

Published on May 19 2004 by PeterJames

3.0 out of 5 stars Idea-rich but weak storytelling, see below for alternatives
I have a love-hate relationship with this novel. On the one hand, its got so many damn-good ideas, and it's worth reading for that alone. Read more

Published on May 10 2004 by jradoff

5.0 out of 5 stars simply awesome
I remember reading this for the first time in '86 or '87, and it changed my worldview. Now I just re-read it for the first time in years and was once again blown away. Read more

Published on May 6 2004 by zolo

4.0 out of 5 stars The matrix is dreaming tonight.
This is a good book that has the feel of dark eighties SF movies, Akira or Metal Gear Solid. It's all here (AI, street samurai, the matrix, hackers, neon city, drugs, arcades,... Read more

Published on May 5 2004 by Storm