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Neuromancer

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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.

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Looked forward to this as a classic of the genre but I struggled to get into it and returned it after half way, having given it a fair crack.
It set a good, visceral atmosphere which put me in mind of classic neon city environments which you'd expect in a cyberpunk genre.
Unfortunately as it went on the word salad of tech words became distracting and slightly cringe-worthy. The dialogue was very much of an 80s action film.
Perhaps it's unfair of me to criticise what must have been revolutionary at the time and perhaps I've been spoiled by subsequent works by the likes of Neal Stephenson.
The narration was a bit "east end" for my liking. Not a bad job, though. Perhaps slightly fast, hence that sensation that the word salad of tech words was just washing over me.

Of its time

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one of the best books I have ever listened too. i followed the whole story with book in hand. the plot, characters, setting and writing were amazing from start to finish. i look forwaed to reading the rest of the series ☺️

incrediable book 11/10

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Prepare to realise where huge parts of contemporary speculative fiction started. Absolutely vivid, intense stuff.

Truly incredible SF for 1984

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Great book and solid attempt at narration but it is really hard to follow the narration unless you're really attentive. A large part of this is the complex and jarring structure of the book which, having switched to reading the old fashioned way, needs space for you to pause, imagine, and reread. But there's also several aspects lost through the narrator's insufficient attention to detail: inflections which distract from the meaning of paragraphs and voices and accents which pulled me out of the fantasy.

Do yourself a favour and read this one the old fashioned way.

Advise you read this one

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I was looking forward to this book as it has been recommended, but was really disappointed as the narration is so poor that it's hard to listen to. I'll try and ignore it and see if I can get through it, and will update this review if I manage to get far enough through to say more.

Shame about the poor narration

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