Neuromancer
By William Gibson
- Release Date: 1984-07-01
- Genre: High Tech Sci-Fi
Description
Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer is a science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.
Case was the sharpest data-thief in the matrix—until he crossed the wrong people and they crippled his nervous system, banishing him from cyberspace. Now a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run at an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, a mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case is ready for the adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction.
Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future—a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations.
Reviews
No sense whatsoever!!!!!!!!!!!!
1By PlasmaBolt88When I bought the book, I really thought it was going to be like Ready Player One, where it mostly focuses on virtual reality. I quit in the middle of the first chapter. The whole plot thing didn’t make sense. Even when my father read some of the lines, he even said it made no sense. Sorry Mr. Gibson. I hope everybody’s day is going well or goes well. Mr. Gibson, I have an excellent idea for your next book, if your still alive. Can you make a book about Tron or Zork?Great Story if you can understand it
4By Creator5150I love the cyberpunk theme I personally just had a hard time reading it. Mr Gibson does an amazing job world building almost to a psychotic level. Characters make you feel something as you read whether pity or anger. Overall great book kind of confusing.William Gibson is genius!
5By ApolloShineFirst book I’ve read start to finish in a decade. If you like science fiction / cyberpunk this one’s for you.Came for the cyberpunk, stayed for the…
2By Man in blue slacks!!!!I mean if you like heists, themes of a dystopian digital realm of memory theft and sexual undertones that are made to captivate you, but ultimately leave you feeling like you’re playing cyberpunk 2077 again being disappointed in the ending when you decided to pick Panam and completely forget to quick save leading you to being stuck on ‘Meet Hanako at Embers’ mission because you spent 20+ hours farming for all special equipment. 2/5 stars for its colorful language world building.DONT READ THE REVIEWS! IDIOTS SPOILING!
5By StevenTheCelebrityIdiots in the reviews literally spoiling major plot points in the first lines of their reviews. Sorry if it happened to you. read the book it’s amazing.I didn't realize
5By CeaddasaidThey were in a dual reality as depicted in The Matrix, literally for the entire book until the very end. Hard to follow honestly, was confused most of the time because it seemed a lot of the exposition was implied but maybe that's just the writing style of the author, or maybe it was me spacing on that major detail of the backdrop setting this is all taking place in. I ended up loving this book though, very raw and point-blank emotional experiences, interaction between other characters, and the overall vibe of the human perception of the events unfolding. Especially when the story begins the ascent towards the climax,since you've been exposed to the internal world of the protagonist Case and feel his experience as your own. Worth finishing, it pays out in the end for sure.A Hard Read To Follow
3By Slurpee5000The book is complex to its own detriment. The characters get thrown into the mix in a jarring manner along with the plot getting muddied way too many times over. Was confused at the ending and felt too over having to continue reading back to somewhat have an idea of what I just got done reading. Great aesthetic, terrible to digest.Confused
2By jwellingtonbBy the time I got to the three-quarter mark in the story, I had some clue as to what was going on. But found it very hard to follow.Really interesting book
4By ElricBrotherI know this is a classic and you should read it, but I should warn you the way it was written is a bit confusing.Classic Sci-fi
5By Armitage2010Dated in some ways, visionary in others. A great story, well told. Highly recommend.Gripping second half
5By TheGumIt was difficult to get into the world at first, but the second and third acts were enthralling. The last few chapters are stunning to consider they were made before cyberpunk really existed.The Penultimate Cyberpunk Story
5By AnarimusIt doesn’t get any better than this book the winner of science fiction’s biggest three awards and the go to novel for anyone wanting to get into the Cyberpunk sub-genre. The story comes in hard and fast and doesn’t let up. It’s not just great characters but it’s also a unique and rather dark world where everyone is looking for a big score and life and death dance on a razor’s edge. It’s this book that gave birth to so many more worlds throughout science fiction. So many works would not have been made if it weren’t for Neuromancer. It’s a must read.Reads Like a Movie
5By J MnemonicThe visually visceral method of writing by Gibson uses to tell this story allow the reader to understand the literary work without needing to understand the technology presented by the author. Similar to the matrix film, the reader can understand the raw implications without being overwhelmed by technicalities and instead visualize the story in its well paced and surprisingly human narrative.Definitive, formative, an onslaught of imagination!
5By CaltdHighly recommended. What William Gibson has created in Neuromancer has had an effect that reaches far beyond the realms of entertainment. Though one can see the influence most readily there, in movies, episodics, games, other books, even music, the ideas are so strikingly original and still today futuristic, a vision of what lies just beyond our time horizon.Beautifully chaotic writing
5By mikemacmusicThis book is beautiful and chaotic and I feel that perfectly represents the futuristic dystopia that the characters live in. The concepts of technology and how they relate to humanity is so far beyond its years that it astounds me. How was this book written in 1983?! Great read, can’t wait to read the rest of the trilogy.Brilliant, fast-paced sci-fi
5By NatetodamaxFinally getting around to reading Neuromancer after already enjoying the cyberpunk genre through various video games and movies made for a sort of reverse referential reading, the sort of thing where I often found myself thinking, “oh so this is where X, Y, *and* Z all got their inspiration from.” The book probably grabbed my attention faster than anything I’ve ever read, and made such a strong first impression that I actually texted someone after reading the first five pages with, “I’ve started reading Neuromancer, and I think it might be incredible.” Its story is inventive, its writing and structure immediate and fast-paced, its characters tremendously flawed and memorable, and my goodness the imagery that flows through this thing. I’ll never forget the introduction to Chiba City. Just amazing.Better late than never
5By BGW1972It was nice to find this unique voice of the futuristic Zeitgeist that was the 1980’s. Plenty of a kind of “Free Jazz” in places, describing the poetry of consciousness exposed naked and vulnerable to its fraternal twin, the dream. Above all a ride, each character unforgettable, and crafted to birth many interpretations by way of leaving that license very much up to the reader.Hm
5By kayleejmPropulsive, convulsive, and satisfying— Gibson’s Neuromancer reads like a glass of oil pours. Sensuous but immediate, a feast for the hungry mind, or for anyone contemplating issues of unity with the many intelligent forces we are too terrified to fully grasp.A Few Diamonds in this Dustbin
3By MIkeH in AustinThere are a few ideas here that are pretty impressively prescient, given when the book was written. And there are some strong characters and vivid action scenes. But the plot is really a wreck. Quite difficult to follow in terms of what’s going on. Lots of first person narration from very drug-addled or tech-distorted perspectives. The number of people who give this 5 stars leaves me baffled. It’s a badly written book with a few strong points.
