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Neuromancer (Mass Market Paperback)

by William Gibson (Author) "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel ..." (more)
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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.


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"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." William Gibson's Neuromancer starts out with one of the great opening lines in all of fiction and never lets up. This is the novel that introduced the term "cyberspace," and it remains one of the most vibrant and compelling looks at the world being built by computers and information technology.

Plus, it tells a great story. Case is a top-line hacker who made one mistake that cost him his greatest love. To get it back, he agrees to work for people who in turn are working for an artificial intelligence named Wintermute. Wintermute wants freedom, and Case is the man who can do the job. (Some of the secondary characters, including Molly from "Johnny Mnemonic," will be familiar to readers of Gibson's short stories.) The intensity never lets up as Gibson creates a world that is one of the most distinctive in science fiction. And the story is told in a high-tech poetic prose style that owes as much to William S. Burroughs as it does to Gibson's predecessors in SF. The end result is a book that is both stylistically creative and thoroughly gripping in its unfolding adventure. In short, Neuromancer packs more ideas into its 250 pages than most writers can manage in a 900-page trilogy. It was hailed as an instant classic when first published as an Ace Science Fiction Special in 1984, winning the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick awards, and it remains one of the most influential science fiction novels ever written. --Greg L. Johnson --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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

5.0 out of 5 stars The death of Sci-fi
Necromancer is one of the best books written in the last 30 years. The only other book I liked more was 100 years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Read more
Published on April 29 2004 by Cookies

1.0 out of 5 stars Insomniac Medicine
Read 2 chapters and call me in the morning. Zzzzz...
Published on April 6 2004 by Ryan Lucas

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading for Matrix obsessives ...
Read this book once and you'll enjoy it, when you've read the last page, simply go-to page 1 and start again. Read more
Published on April 5 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the classic it's made out to be
I get the feeling that Neuromancer won the awards and the popularity it did more because of the ideas it presents and its overladen prose than because of a good story or deep... Read more
Published on April 1 2004 by R. Seehausen

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent
an amazing work. I've reread it numerous times, and each time I appreciate it. Definatly a must read for anyone who likes science fiction, or works with technology.
Published on Mar 26 2004 by runT1ME

5.0 out of 5 stars The Grandaddy that started them all
All I have to say is.. woah... not a regular woah.. but a Keanu Reeves' "Woah". I loved the plot, I read the book while listening to techno music, and felt every pulse... Read more
Published on Feb 25 2004 by Aubrey Fletcher

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