Book Review: Neuromancer, by William Gibson

[inverarity]

The book that invented cyberpunk.

Comments

[spyral_path]

I think I read Neuromancer and Count Zero when they first came out. I remember liking them both but they've kind of blended together in my memory. My favorite Gibson novel is Idoru.

"Meh" sounds about right

[ed_rex]

I think I read it in the early 90s, and wondered what in the hell all the fuss was about. Sure, it was reasonably inventive vis-a-vis virtual reality, but besides that it struck me as yet another pulpish action adventure. Good fun if you like that sort of thing, over-familiar cliches if you don't.

P.S. I probably have read something else by Gibson, but I'm damned if I could tell you what it was.

[imri_ixnay]

I read Neuromancer quite a few years ago and as I recall "meh" pretty much summed up my reaction. I'd read Snow Crash first and I think this book suffered in comparison.

Does anybody write cyberpunk anymore? It seems like it peaked in the 80's and 90's and it's kind of died out.

Cyberpunk

[inverarity]

The Quantum Thief is kind of cyberpunkish. And Necropolis tries.

Re: Cyberpunk

[imri_ixnay]

I've seen good reviews for The Quantum Thief and I might give it a try.

I think I'll skip the other one :)