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Kyle
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Glad to see the Turing Police have finally shown up, like the Spanish Inquisition unexpectedly, to bring some law, or at least consequences, in motion the free-floating world of console cowboys. Of course they are killed off by the very next chapter and Wintermute reappears in the disguise of an already forgotten character. Yet its line about the holographic paradigm reveals that there is some deeper meaning at play.
— Feb 15, 2019 11:21AM
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Kyle
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What exactly makes half-hearted hero Case a protagonist, asides from his scrappy attitude and fickle friends-with-benefits relationships? His last-ditch white knight routine to save his distressed damsel Molly, the same babe who killed off his previous bae Linda, rings a bit hollow as he acts like a pawn for creepy corporations and their awfully intrusive AI. At least we kinda learn who Neuromancer is, once and only.
— Feb 24, 2019 02:11PM
Kyle
is on page 211 of 271
This neo-noir story is becoming more and more like a futuristic version of Murder on the Orient Express or African Queen, except set partially in space and this made-up cyber- construct. Wintermute is playing everyone off each other, for reasons the AI itself cannot even fathom or be bothered to explain. So it seems like Case’s story will eventually end up being: stuff happened, some of it in space.
— Feb 19, 2019 05:29PM
Kyle
is on page 135 of 271
Case, Molly and a few other hard-to-describe conscious entities end up on the moon or some kind of space station built by Jamaican welders, on a mission to do something to Wintermute although it looks more like Wintermute is executing its armature in order to do something about them. The plot seems to flashforward continuously, requiring me to consult the real-life matrix, Wikipedia, to understand what just happened.
— Feb 10, 2019 01:06AM
Kyle
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Since leaving Japan the story has been all over the place: Atlanta, London, Istanbul, the Matrix, and it almost seems like a randomly assembled recollection of a dream: Case feels the haptics of Molly on a mission, for some reason, as Armitage sent them on some wild goose in either a self-driving or sentient Mercedes, in order to chase down the AI Wintermute. Case’s inside info on his employer doesn’t seem to matter.
— Feb 04, 2019 02:18PM
Kyle
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Case’s life in the outskirts of Chiba is very noir; despite all the blinking neon and gadgetry swirling about him, he is still a down-on-his-luck vet at the bar, when along comes Molly with her mirror lenses and switchblade knives for nails. So much data to process about this future, but really is just the grimy reality that will get a lot more messed up when shady Armitage brings Case back to what remains of the US.
— Jan 25, 2019 10:02PM
