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Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)

William Gibson

Start date: December 1, 2001

Finish date: December 31, 2001

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Jan 21, 2008 Sandi rated it it was ok

Shelves: sci-fi, 2008

For well over 20 years, I have seen copies of William Gibson’s “Neuromancer” on the Sci-Fi/Fantasy shelves of nearly every bookstore I have gone into. I recently decided to pick up a copy and read it. I figured a book that’s been continuously in print for over twenty years and is considered a ground-breaking work in Science Fiction had to be good. I figured wrong.

“Neuromancer” is a very convoluted novel. It jumps from local to local and situation to situation in a very jerky way. To add to the ...more

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Jun 14, 2007 mark monday rated it really liked it

Shelves: new-wave, scifi-60s-70s-80s

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I first read Neuromancer about 20 years ago. Writing with strokes instead of details is an interesting way to describe Gibson's writing. That's how I feel about some of the performance art I saw in my art school days. The strokes were far too numerous. I found it impossible to tell what was detail, what was colour, what was clue. I get bored with things being laid out t ...more

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May 26, 2009 Zen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: scifi-fantasy, book-on-cd, the-urban-fiction

I tried to read this and it made no sense... but then I borrowed the book-on-CD from the library and LOVED it! There is much to be said for someone reading aloud to you....especially if they understand what they are reading. In this instance, the author himself read the book and it really made a difference to me.

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