Mąstanti Mėsa reviewed Neuromancer by William Gibson
Multilayer layers
5 stars
Still, there are things that I have to find out about it.
Paperback, 320 pages
English language
Published Aug. 25, 1995 by Voyager.
4 stars
(89 reviews)
The Matrix: a world within a world, a graphic representation of the databanks of every computer in the human system; a consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate users in the Sprawl alone. And by Case, computer cowboy, until his nervous system is grievously maimed by a client he double-crossed. Japanese experts in nerve splicing and microbionics have left him broke and close to dead. But at last Case has found a cure. He's going back into the system. Not for the bliss of cyberspace but to steal again, this time from the big boys, the almighty megacorps. In return, should he survive, he will stay cured.
Cyberspace and virtual reality were invented in this book. It stands alongside 1984 and Brave New World as one of the twentieth century's most potent novels of the future.
Victor Hugo Kebbe reviewed Neuromancer by William Gibson
Review of 'Neuromancer' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Neuromancer is one of my favorite books, which I have read and reread over the past two decades.
I really like the cyberpunk genre of Science Fiction, with Neuromancer being one of the fathers or founders of “the movement” (I can't leave Mirrorshades aside, nor other seminal Gibson tales that are there in Burning Chrome…).
Neuromancer has it all. A lot of younger people don't like or even don't understand the vision we had of the future in the 1980s. The Matrix and Cyberspace were just some of our fantasies of the future. It is “curious” that nowadays any child has access to this universe on a tablet, accessing the Matrix while sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Gibson's writing is incredibly vivid. The way he play with words has, in my opinion, its apex in Johnny Mnemonic, earlier work, but Neuromancer also contains these characteristics.
I also …
Neuromancer is one of my favorite books, which I have read and reread over the past two decades.
I really like the cyberpunk genre of Science Fiction, with Neuromancer being one of the fathers or founders of “the movement” (I can't leave Mirrorshades aside, nor other seminal Gibson tales that are there in Burning Chrome…).
Neuromancer has it all. A lot of younger people don't like or even don't understand the vision we had of the future in the 1980s. The Matrix and Cyberspace were just some of our fantasies of the future. It is “curious” that nowadays any child has access to this universe on a tablet, accessing the Matrix while sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Gibson's writing is incredibly vivid. The way he play with words has, in my opinion, its apex in Johnny Mnemonic, earlier work, but Neuromancer also contains these characteristics.
I also like the characters and how they live in this nihilistic madness so characteristic of cyberpunk. Call me nostalgic, but that's the truth.
For Science Fiction lovers, Neuromancer is a must-read. Gibson reset those old sci-fi standards. Contrary to what many can say, cyberpunk remains very relevant and far from dead. Long live the Neuromancer.
Review of 'Neuromancer (Remembering Tomorrow)' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
I thought I'd read this before, but remember nothing. Which is surprising, because it was really freak'n cool. From the very first line, it's all so dang evocative. I had to re-read so much of it to savour each description. But also had to re-read a lot because I only read a page or two at a time, and I got lost a lot returning to it, because everything moved so fast. But hot dang, I see why it's a classic.
tigar reviewed Neuromancer by William Gibson
I wanted to like it
3 stars
It just felt too dated for me. Did not hold up nearly as well as Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles"
Jonathan Zacsh reviewed Neuromancer by William F. Gibson
Review of 'Neuromancer' on 'GoodReads'
3 stars
Loved so much about this book. The story overall, the characters, the plot, the fictional world and its details (the questions, in the end, of sentience and whether we can ever know if an artificial version is distinct). And the fact that it was written in early 1980s is amazing.
I absolutely hated the writing style. It was so difficult to follow and purely because so little was explained. I think that's what made it so good, maybe? (That it was a blurry, outsider's view of this other universe) Nevertheless, I'd not recommend this book to anyone but a SciFi-obsessed avid reader.
tivasyk reviewed Neuromancer by William Gibson
Review of 'Neuromancer' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
колись вже читав... сто років тому, але зовсім забув.
writh reviewed Neuromancer by William Gibson
Review of 'Neuromancer' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
The best cyberpunk novel there is, bar none. I read it for the first time, years ago, and the urging of one of my college professors. He was so right. I have come back to it several times over the years. I read it again this month, and I loved it just as much as I did the first time. I have a real obsession with classic sci-fi, and for me this book is right up there with Philip K. Dick.
Wetdryvac reviewed Neuromancer by William Gibson
Review of 'Neuromancer' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A comfort read, and a bloody lovely novel.
Jorge Sanz reviewed Neuromancer by William Gibson
Review of 'Neuromancer' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
It took me a full year to read it, starting in English and then moving to Spanish but quite enjoyed it in general. It was great to find so many references in more modern stories to this one.
Kyrylys reviewed Neuromante by William Gibson
Review of 'Neuromante' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
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Personalmente es una novela que me ha gustado y es un must de la ciencia ficción. También he de decir que conozco el género lo suficiente como para entender su contexto y estar familiarizada con la ambientación, y aún así ha habido partes que me han costado un poco. Por eso, por muy incónica/madre del género no puedo recomendarla para todo el mundo y le pongo sólo dos estrellas.
texttheater reviewed Neuromancer by William Gibson
Review of 'Neuromancer' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The language is quite demanding, and that makes it interesting: much slang, and the book’s neologisms are seldom explained when introduced, the reader is left to figure out what they mean.
Michael @ Knowledge Lost reviewed Neuromancer by William Gibson
Review of 'Neuromancer' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
To be honest I was expecting something completely different when I set out to read Neuromancer. I was expecting a cyber-punk book but I think this was more of a sci-fi book with a lot of references to computers. I was expecting hackers, but I think William Gibson did a good job imagining hackers of the future. I was expecting outdated technology and while there was a small amount in the book, it was still very futuristic. This is the second Williiam Gibson book I’ve read (the other being The Difference Machine) and I kind of feel like his books can become confusing and can leave the reader with an uncertainty of what is actually happening. While Gibson is a very engaging writer about from my beef with complexity, I think this book left me wanting something different. I really think if I read this book in the 80’s it …
To be honest I was expecting something completely different when I set out to read Neuromancer. I was expecting a cyber-punk book but I think this was more of a sci-fi book with a lot of references to computers. I was expecting hackers, but I think William Gibson did a good job imagining hackers of the future. I was expecting outdated technology and while there was a small amount in the book, it was still very futuristic. This is the second Williiam Gibson book I’ve read (the other being The Difference Machine) and I kind of feel like his books can become confusing and can leave the reader with an uncertainty of what is actually happening. While Gibson is a very engaging writer about from my beef with complexity, I think this book left me wanting something different. I really think if I read this book in the 80’s it would of been a different story.
