A pioneering cyberpunk classic, Gibson's electrifying novel sees a 'console cowboy' make a fateful bargain in a dangerous world.
Henry Dorsett Case is a low-level hustler, former hack and 'console cowboy' who crashed and burned. His nerves were damaged and thus cut off from the digital matrix, he slouches through life.
Until he meets Molly, an augmented 'razorgirl', who offers him a deal on behalf of a shadowy man called Armitage. His nerves repaired and matrix access restored, in exchange for a single job. But it's not so simple - unless he completes the job, sacs of poison will explode inside him and cripple him again.
And the job? That might be impossible.
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781399607773
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 278 g
Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 26 mm
a ground-breaking success and, along with the ensuing Sprawl trilogy, is responsible for kickstarting the Cyberpunk sub-genre and instilling the concept of cyberspace into the popular imagination, inspiring writers and filmmakers the world over. - Empire
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'Neuromancer' is a truely exceptional book. Gibson takes his reader on a wonderfully intreguing tale of virtual espionage mixed with physical infultration in which little is left to the imagination.
His...
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Why? You need to concentrate! Writing this as I approach the end of the book, but feel it's worth reviewing anyway.
No spoliers here, just a note as to the narrative and style.
It's like reading Clockwork...
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