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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i wasn't expecting this to be quite so vibes-based as it was, but once i accepted that i wasn't supposed to REALLY understand a lot of the lore, i enjoyed it a lot
This. Book. Is. Mind-blowing.
And I don't mean simply in how Gibson envisioned, in 1980-something, a futuristic world which reminds me of our social-media-obsessed lives. Or simply how it made me think differently.
This book challenged my vocabulary, tech knowledge, and imagination. Trust me, I tried to start this book over ten years ago and had to shelve it under "didn't-finish-this-crap", but this summer I was determined to read this now-classic scifi and cyber-seminal work.
Cyberspace. Matrix. Sims. Dub.
The cyberpunk world is well-developed, the characters coldly dynamic, and the prose is spot on.
And to think... he wrote it on a typewriter.
Science fiction should be accepted into the literary and educational world as valid art, and Neuromancer is a pretty good exemplar to start.
And I don't mean simply in how Gibson envisioned, in 1980-something, a futuristic world which reminds me of our social-media-obsessed lives. Or simply how it made me think differently.
This book challenged my vocabulary, tech knowledge, and imagination. Trust me, I tried to start this book over ten years ago and had to shelve it under "didn't-finish-this-crap", but this summer I was determined to read this now-classic scifi and cyber-seminal work.
Cyberspace. Matrix. Sims. Dub.
The cyberpunk world is well-developed, the characters coldly dynamic, and the prose is spot on.
And to think... he wrote it on a typewriter.
Science fiction should be accepted into the literary and educational world as valid art, and Neuromancer is a pretty good exemplar to start.
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
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adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol
Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content, Classism
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have to say, in the first third I kind of figured this one was overhyped. It was imaginative in all the ways I'd heard it would be, but the plot and characters were fairly formulaic-- interesting, but not life-changing. I was prepared to stick out a historical curiosity read with a solid 3.5 rating, but ooh boy this thing. Once the run got going, it got going.
I truly don't love everything about this book. Yet, the amount of reality-warping, mind-fucking, prophet-adjacent flavour and moments make it hard to say I didn't love this book by the end. So, I love this book. I'm Gibson-pilled.
Cyberspace is a consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation. Cyberspace is a state of mind. Cyberspace is the computer room after it's dark. The endless stream of data and patterns we're too small to understand. The contrarily unchecked delusion of human grandeur. The unmaking of ourselves in our own digital image. Dude. I'm fine.
I truly don't love everything about this book. Yet, the amount of reality-warping, mind-fucking, prophet-adjacent flavour and moments make it hard to say I didn't love this book by the end. So, I love this book. I'm Gibson-pilled.
Cyberspace is a consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation. Cyberspace is a state of mind. Cyberspace is the computer room after it's dark. The endless stream of data and patterns we're too small to understand. The contrarily unchecked delusion of human grandeur. The unmaking of ourselves in our own digital image. Dude. I'm fine.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual assault
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes