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Neuromancer

By: William Gibson
Narrated by: Jason Flemyng
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Narrated by actor Jason Flemyng.

The book that defined the cyberpunk movement, inspiring everything from The Matrix to Cyberpunk 2077.

The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.

William Gibson revolutionised science fiction in his 1984 debut Neuromancer. The writer who gave us the matrix and coined the term 'cyberspace' produced a first novel that won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, and lit the fuse on the cyberpunk movement.

More than three decades later, Gibson's text is as stylish as ever, his noir narrative still glitters like chrome in the shadows and his depictions of the rise and abuse of corporate power look more prescient every day. Part thriller, part warning, Neuromancer is a timeless classic of modern SF and one of the 20th century's most potent and compelling visions of the future.

©2016 William Gibson (P)2021 W F Howes Adventure Cyberpunk Science Fiction Fiction
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passages where action or reflection take place are engaging, if not a bit too vague and repetitive in their numb fatalism. I confess to having lost the thread of the story at several places, owing to the obscure pseudo technical jargon that isn't just forgivable fluff like "arm the photon torpedoes" but takes over the story to make it a jumbled mess. the ending sounds cool but no idea how we got there

reliant on arcane obscurity

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I won’t go too much into it but the story is great, the characters are good and the world…jeez William Gibson painted such a vivid setting. I loved the novel and the Audiobook stands up well to the classic that is “Neuromancer”

THE Cyberpunk Classic

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Not going to lie, I had to look up the plot to follow the story. Complex with a lot of technical information. I am into it though…will have to give this another listen

Complex

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Have read the book many times over the years and love it, it will always be the defining book of Cyberpunk for me and sitting down and listening to it was just as good. I know it will be a staple for me going forward

Long time favourite

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Having read so many good reviews, was very excited going into the book.
So many things are implied, had no idea about the plot for most of the book.
The narration is also sub par. Sometimes it would be hard to figure out which character was saying the line.

What a disappointment!

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I suppose it’s partly due to its enormous influence on culture since that a lot of concepts does not feel alien to a first time reader. Apart from the abundance of smoking and crt monitors, it also feels less dated than it should. Guess that’s because story and character won over description of technology. I love the poetry in the language. Makes me think of Burroughs and Hunter s Thompson. The dry gumshoe delivery of narrator is spot on. Bladerunner in the third person.

Surprised at how well this held up

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First read 20-25 years ago and it blew my mind. Forgot it existed until I started playing Cyberpunk 2077 and watching The Peripheral.
Decided to let audible take me deeper into the William Gibson world. I wasn’t disappointed.

My Cyberpunk 2077 companion

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Great writing, great story. Really really enjoyed it. Should be a movie. Can't wait to listen to the other books

concept

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you know when you read a block of text with no punctuation whatsoever it becomes really hard to read this was what it was like listening to this audiobook I wanted to like the story but sentences paragraphs and scene changes all flowing into one another without pause made it incredibly hard to follow I know the story is written with a lot of hyperbole metaphor etcetera but with no pauses to absorb it was just confusing and hard to follow accents were good but plain narration was not at all hope you enjoyed reading this was what listening was like only you don't get to go over it more than once.

confusing narration ruined it

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Read this year's ago and fell in love with its crazy hyper imagery of both the physical and cyber world. every time you experience this book more and more clicks into place.

Can't recommend more and my words cannot do justice to Gibson's wild, cool creativity. Jah Love I and I.

Absolute must read/listen

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