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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A pulse-pounding mix of high-tech action and low life criminals, William Gibson’s debut novel Neuromancer throws you straight into his tarnished, chrome-plated future. We start out following the self-destructive, narcotic dependant hacker Case after a job gone bad leaves his nervous system fried and his prospects in the gutter. Desperate for his old life as a hot shot computer hacker Case agrees to once last job for a mysterious and shadowy ex-military officer offering him one last shot at redemption, or die trying. A frantically paced ride through a world of tarnished chrome and flickering holograms, Neuromancer will hook you from the very first page and keep you guessing till the very end. - Lindsay (QBD)
Guest, 22/03/2017
