Neuromancer is so uniquely itself that it’s hard to make the comparisons that help me place a book in a familiar mental comfort zone. From its great opening focused on the television sky, it explodes with metaphors that demand you think differently about reality.

Jan 1, 2001 · Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks with 1984 and Brave New World as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.

Jul 18, 2020 · The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future—a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about our technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations.

Nov 17, 2024 · Like so much of the musical punk genre, Neuromancer is so focused on breaking the mould and rebelling, it forgets to create anything interesting amid the ruins. So it is that we have a deluge of sex, drugs, and violent rock and roll.

Jul 12, 2023 · 'Neuromancer', unlike Wintermute, has a fully realized personality and is also capable of resurrecting the dead in the matrix and placing people jacked into cyberspace in a world it created with the dead person it brings into the matrix.

May 26, 2024 · Gibson foresees sentience in this novel as the protagonist, a computer hacker called Case, finds himself ‘commissioned’ to unite two AI programs. Doing so could be calamitous as both are immensely powerful. Unlike Asimov’s Robots however, these AI are not prevented from killing. A brilliant, prophetic novel then. Yes, but not perfect.

Feb 16, 2024 · Neuromancer takes the time to clearly elaborate on key plot elements and world details only when it is absolutely necessary, because it is focused on telling you the story that takes place in the world as it already exists.

Jul 1, 2000 · The first book, titled Neuromancer, tells the story of a data thief who finds himself banished from cyberspace after crossing the wrong people. However, a mysterious new employer gives him one last chance by sending him on a run against an all-powerful AI.

Dec 26, 2021 · Neuromancer is that rare SF book that actually gets noir, and, like good noir, is about sensation not detail. It also helps that Gibson's style is unbelievably good. From the immortal opening lines: "The sky above the port was the …

Jan 19, 2025 · Explore our in-depth review of William Gibson’s Neuromancer, the cyberpunk classic that redefined sci-fi with its visionary take on AI and cyberspace.