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Summary: Sum of all fantastic science fiction in the postmodern era
Review: What can be said of such a masterpiece? A fine blend of classic science fiction with classic pulp fiction. The pictures which emerge are of Marlowe, of Pkil Dick, od Delany, of the future, of the present of all things postmodern. Literature does not express itself in many finer ways than it does in this book. Read it once and it will change your life, keep re-reading and who knows?
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Summary: Still A Masterpiece
Review: This book was written *fifteen* years ago -- when the Internet was still an embryonic network of scientists and academicians -- and yet it is one of the most vivid imaginings of a networked future. Much "cyberpunk" fiction has appeared since Gibson first pounded out _Neuromancer_ (on an old typewriter, no less), but few titles match the stylish prose and astonishingly rich atmosphere of this debut novel. It is used as a required text in some VR and virtual community classes, and the honor is well-deserved.A true classic shines through the passage of years, and _Neuromancer_ is no exception. Undoubtedly one of the most important science fiction novels, it is also one of the most intriguing and enjoyable.
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Summary: Up for the challenge?
Review: This is the original cyberpunk book. It has terms in it you might recognize, like "cyberspace" and "microsoft". This was one of the first places where such words originated. The book is excellent, written in a combination of prose and technical jargon, and is extremely difficult to read (both due to subject matter and due to Gibson's writing style). It's worth it, though. I suggest rereading it every five years; it makes the book easier to understand. A hell of a buy, regardless.
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Summary: Cyberpunk is just cyberpunk
Review: This book only rates three stars because it was written so long ago. The way he envisions the web is clever, but I find nothing new here. There are the same elements here as in every other cyberpunk book. The main problem is that it is overwhelmingly complex (I still don't understand why half the characters were added). What separates this book from any ohter cyberpunk book is beyond me. If you haven't fallen in love with the genre before, this one wont change anything.
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Summary: Not as bad as you might think
Review: When I first tried to read this book, I thought it was absolutely terrible. Some time later, I gave it another try and found, to my surprise, that I quite liked it. It may not be technically accurate in terms of today's computer technology, and it's certainly not written in a normal style, but it is actually rather good.
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Summary: Still delights the imagination
Review: Read this book many times over... the imagery and intense allegory create a thrill that, to put it simply, is unmatchable... Highly recommended.
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Summary: Neuromancer: Book 1 of the Neuromancer Trilogy
Review: Case, the street samurai, goes from a gritty garage on Earth up into the spindizzy (earth station) circling Earth. Is that AI about to take over VR? Why do the world's richest family want him dead? Who is this Molly lady and was she really a pleasure doll? In Book One, you'll meet the cast of characters. Look out for them Rasafarians mon! In Count Zero, find out why Case left the scene. What does voodoo have to do with Count Zero? In MonaLisa Overdrive, meet the new improved Molly. What role does the Yakuza play in it all? Once you read Neuromancer, check out the other two books. It'll neatly prepare you to jack into VR.
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Summary: Neuromancer is a contemporary classic
Review: An avalanche of thousands of new books from all over the world reaches bookstores every year. When a (then) non-genre novel succeeds in standing out from the crowd as much as Neuromancer does, chances are it has that certain, hard to pinpoint something that makes it resonate with the reader.Neuromancer is one of these rare books, and certainly one that will not be forgotten for a very, very long time. Among Neuromancer's many outstanding and mold-breaking qualities is Gibson's crystalline techno-prose. As soon as you open the first page, you are sucked into a vibrant and detailed future and an unpredicatable and unconventional plot that may well constitute the most original and modern use of the age old protagonist on a quest idea. Gibson's future is detailed, realistic and feels immensely three dimensional, written with such conviction, that it comes to life from page one and takes on a life of its own, with its own conventions, culture and even brandnames. Once you have read it for sheer pleasure, go back and look deeper into the sociological implications of Gibsons world as social commentary of the Information Society we are in the progress of becomming. Remarkable. It is true that the characters in Neuromancer are rather cartoony, and two dimensional but I personally have the feeling that this may well for once have been intentional. Refreshingly, the environment is more alive, detailed and intelligent than the characters that inhabit it, which also explains how and why Neuromancer has managed to free itself from the constraints of conventional plotting. Funnily enough, Neuromancer might be the one novel I can think of that could very well live without its plot, and work purely on the basis of the brilliant environment it has created.
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Summary: the best imagined future i have ever read
Review: fabulous, riveting, outstanding stuff...i just read it again after years and it still works! five stars.
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Summary: An inexplicably overrated, awful pulp
Review: I tried to read this book as I was lead to believe that it's similar to Philip K. Dick's writings. First time I could not progress further than about 50 pages. The writing was so awful, the story so forced, cliched- like a pretentious Barbara Cartland. But I tried again a few months later. I lasted to some love/sex scene, which made me laugh and throw this garbage away.
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