Neuromancer

352 pages

Langue : English

Publié 28 octobre 2017 par Orion Publishing Group, Limited.

ISBN :
978-1-4732-1737-9
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Neuromancer is a 1984 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. Considered one of the earliest and best-known works in the cyberpunk genre, it is the only novel to win the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. It was Gibson's debut novel and the beginning of the Sprawl trilogy. Set in the future, the novel follows Henry Case, a washed-up hacker hired for one last job, which brings him in contact with a powerful artificial intelligence.

3 éditions

Timeless

I've somehow never really read any cyberpunk type sci-fi. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this.

Mindblowing also was how much of an influence this book has been on the genre, and how many of the concepts were so ahead of Gibson's time.

The story was relatively basic, but given everything else I don't think you can complain. I'd love to have read this when I was younger before so many of the tropes in the book were plastered everywhere.

I think I'll try some other classic sci-fis that are often mentioned in the same breath as Neuromancer soon.

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Impossibly forward thinking

Aucune note

It really is hard to believe how far ahead of its time this book is. While I found the style of the opening chapters more off-putting than intriguing, the story pulled me through. The back half of the book is relentlessly paced and amazing. I'll definitely be reading the sequel books to learn more about Gibson's world.

Sujets

  • Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction