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Neuromancer

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2942 Reviews
HarperCollins Publishers, Apr 28, 2011 - Fiction - 320 pages

Neuromancer is the most influential science fiction novel of our time. Cyberspace and virtual reality were invented in this book. It changed forever the way we look at tomorrow and was the inspiration behind the blockbuster film The Matrix.

Neuromancer is the most influential science fiction novel of our time. Cyberspace and virtual reality were invented in this book. It changed forever the way we look at tomorrow and was the inspiration behind the blockbuster film The Matrix. In 2009 it celebrated its 25th Anniversary.

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Such amazing imagery and writing. - weRead
Great story, terrible graphics - Goodreads
I like happy endings. - Goodreads
this has really awkward sex scenes in it. - Goodreads
Interesting prose style. - Goodreads
Interesting premise. - Goodreads

Review: Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)

User Review  - Richard - Goodreads

Rating: 4* of five The Book Report: The seminal work of cyberpunk, the novel was published in 1984 as a mass-market paperback original. It's the story of a twenty-first century dominated by Japanese ... Read full review

Review: Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)

User Review  - Angus Mcfarlane - Goodreads

Nope. Didn't get this one really. The setting seemed like a blade runner/matrix/total recall style future-dystopia, with the main character using the Internet (but not in these words in 1983) to plug ... Read full review

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About the author (2011)

William Gibson was born in the United States in 1948. In 1972 he moved to Vancouver, Canada, after four years spent in Toronto. He is married with two children.

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