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Neuromancer (Paperback)

by William Gibson (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Voyager; New Ed edition (22 May 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0586066454
  • ISBN-13: 978-0586066454
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.2 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 103,701 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Case was the best interface cowboy who ever ran in Earth's computer matrix. Then he double- crossed the wrong people.… Winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Neuromancer is the most influential science fiction novel of our time. Cyberspace and virtual reality were invented in this book. It changed forever the way we look at tomorrow. The Matrix unfolds like neon origami beneath clusters and constellations of data. Constructs, AIs, live here. Somewhere, concealed by ice, Neuromancer is evolving. As entropy goes into reverse, Molly's surgical implants broadcast trouble from the ferro-concrete geodesic of the Sprawl. Maelcum, Rastafarian in space, is her best hope of rescue. But she and Case, computer cowboy, are busy stealing data from the almighty Megacorps. If the Megacorps don't get them both, perhaps Case will fall prey to the cheap treachery of Linda Lee, someone as lost as himself.

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dated? Maybe, but a book to read before you die!, 12 Sep 2006
By Rod Williams "hairybloke@aol.com" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neuromancer (Paperback)
Like a bullet to the head, Neuromancer (and Gibson) arrived in 1984 to almost universal acclaim and allegedly kick-started the Cyberpunk movement which has influenced certain branches of SF ever since. Whether or not they choose to call their work cyberpunk or not is immaterial. The work of Simon Ings, Grimwood, Chris Moriarty, Michael Swanwick and dozens of others would arguably not have been the same had this novel not been as successful as it was.
The prose is fast, clever, snappy, set against a background of half-working neon in streets where disposable computer equipment is strewn like empty fast food cartons.
Our hero, Case, is a cyber-freelancer, able to jack himself into computer-systems and experience cyberspace as a three dimensional reality. Case, however, tried to steal from one of his more dubious clients who subsequently infected him with a Russian mycotoxin, effectively rendering him incapable of cyberspace work and therefore unemployable. We therefore meet him, down on his luck, and mixing with some rather eccentric characters in a downtown bar in Japan.
For me, it reads like `The Maltese Falcon in Space'. There is a pervasive noir element, since Case - like many a Nineteen-Forties gumshoe - is forced to take on a job, the full details of which he is not fully aware. There's a beautiful and dangerous woman (by the name of Molly) and a mysterious benefactor (who turns out to be a rogue Artificial Intelligence, intent on freeing itself from its security programmes) as well as a supporting cast of neon-lit lowlife.
Like any classic noir novel, the action and the protagonists move between street level and the crazy billionaire family who are literally `above the clouds', since they live within their own Las Vegas style space station.
It's exciting, challenging, dense with atmosphere, and very much deserves its cult status as a modern classic.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant, groundbreaking book., 29 Mar 2005
By J. E. Davidson (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neuromancer (Paperback)
This is a wonderful book - original, packed with ideas and simply crackling with energy and wit. Gibson has documented incredible, wild vision of the (near) future. It is a world of high technology and low life, a world where designer drugs and surgical enhancements are ubiquitous. In writing this book, he created (or at least popularised) a new genre: cyberpunk.

Neuromancer is not perfect. The characterisation is patchy (at best), some of the dialogue is stilted and the plot occasionally meanders but it is a still tremendous piece of work that has stood the test of time quite well.

Note that this is the first part of a trilogy and as such leaves a number of questions hanging. The other parts of the trilogy Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive are also very good and complete the story nicely.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Science Fiction at it's best - ruff, rugged, and raw..., 2 May 2001
By Mr. Oc Orjiekwe "chromegat" (London) - See all my reviews
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I came out of "No Maps For These Territories" (the new William Gibson documentary) yesterday and felt the need to buy this book again. I first read "Neuromancer" in 1996 and thought this is totally wild. I later watched "Blade Runner" and "Ghost in the shell" and thought this dude is definitely up there in this sci-fi ish - the future. The characters are real and varied (can you imagine rastas roaming the atmosphere?) - how about a cloned ninja bodyguard for size? It's the realness that grabs you, these are characters you can relate to - the greed, anxiety, hopes, dreams - all in the mix of mind boggling technology. I've always found sci-fi books that deals with alien civilization and other worlds a bit to tedious and this guy's books are like a breath of fresh air - how are we all coping in the face of this technological onslaught? Do we still go wow? Or do we wish for augumented body shells? Blue tooth enabled? I've spent today reading the book and the whole plot remains relevant.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good if you can understand it
Thought the book was very good in general, although some of his descriptions were rambling affairs and I found myself having to re-read some pages, in case I missed something... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Prophetic and dark, but...
My main problem with the Neuromancer was that I couldn't decide whether to give 5 stars for the vision and ideas, or 1 for the non-engaging writing style. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars I'm sorry but...
I find Gibson pretty much unreadable. I really struggled to finish this book as I just don't care about any of the characters. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Vague, rushed, poorly defined.
This book suffers from an incoherent plot, ill-defined characters and a generally ineffective writing style. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Visionary but spoiled by an incomprehensible style
I was left with very mixed feelings about this book - Philip K Dick meets Quentin Tarantino. It was written in the early 1980's and is clearly creative, visionary and ahead of... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Someone to Wachowski me
I have mixed feelings about neuromancer: one one hand, circa 1982 it was such a staggering imaginative feat, conjuring up a breathtakingly close intellectual equivalent to the... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars The alpha and omega of cyberpunk
In there beginning the was case, and wintermute saw case and it was good...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Poetic DreamScapes of a Dystopic Future...
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. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars I had to read this book in English class
A fabulous read and a perfect masterpiece. I have read all of William Gibsons books. Some of his books inspired me to take on Computer Science and artificial intelligence, in... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A science fiction masterwork
This is one of the most important books of the genre. Yes he got some things wrong - like the cost of Ram (but so did Bill Gates). Read more
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