Neuromancer: The Origin of Cyberpunk | A Horrifying Dystopia
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What surprised me most about it was how much it takes from detective noir books from decades prior. It reads a lot like a Raymond Chandler novel.
It was good but I was honestly a little bit underwhelmed by it and a little disappointed how heavily the ideas in the book quickly became tropes of the entire genre instead of the genre being more creative.
Still a very good book and a worth a read, but I was just a lot less impressed than I had hoped to be. The ideas were interesting, but they seem a little old fashioned now, especially.
Before the series comes out!
The sequels are decent too. Maybe not as good as the first but enjoyable. Count Zero has a story about the voodoo deities in cyberspace that was an interesting bit.
Just read the series recently. Neuromancer was the best installment. Very Matrix.
What surprised me most about it was how much it takes from detective noir books from decades prior. It reads a lot like a Raymond Chandler novel.
It was good but I was honestly a little bit underwhelmed by it and a little disappointed how heavily the ideas in the book quickly became tropes of the entire genre instead of the genre being more creative.
Still a very good book and a worth a read, but I was just a lot less impressed than I had hoped to be. The ideas were interesting, but they seem a little old fashioned now, especially.
Before the series comes out!
The sequels are decent too. Maybe not as good as the first but enjoyable. Count Zero has a story about the voodoo deities in cyberspace that was an interesting bit.