Best William Gibson novel
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Can't really answer this one. I tried Pattern Recognition but couldnt get into it.
Have you ever read Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon?
Kick's ass.
I liked Neuromancer then I tried a couple more and really didn't like them.
Neuromancer here too. Didn't really hooked on the rest but really liked that one.
I didn't vote yet. I'm waiting to get through all of them again.
I can see why a lot of people didn't get hooked on the books after Neuromancer. They have a pattern of having three or four completely different plot lines that don't make sense until the end of the book. Neuromancer was the most linear.
I can see why a lot of people didn't get hooked on the books after Neuromancer. They have a pattern of having three or four completely different plot lines that don't make sense until the end of the book. Neuromancer was the most linear.
Gibson is one of my favorite writers. Have read all his books multiple times, I'm actually working on the first trilogy again myself. Neuromancer is my favorite of the lot above, but I really liked Pattern Recognition if I had to pick a favorite overall. I'd think other message board enthusiasts would appreciate it, too, having a lot to do with the phenomenon of getting to know someone soley online, then finally meeting them in person.
Have yet to read Spook Country. I hate buying hardcover. I read too fast and too much to justify twenty-someodd dollar books.
Have yet to read Spook Country. I hate buying hardcover. I read too fast and too much to justify twenty-someodd dollar books.
Neuromancer.
Nothing will ever compare to that one (or the earlier stuff in Burning Chrome) because of the historical context. Once the terms he invented in Neuromancer came into popular use and the Internet became a reality, he's just another decent science-fiction writer. But Neuromancer will always be one of the most visionary scifi novels ever written.
Nothing will ever compare to that one (or the earlier stuff in Burning Chrome) because of the historical context. Once the terms he invented in Neuromancer came into popular use and the Internet became a reality, he's just another decent science-fiction writer. But Neuromancer will always be one of the most visionary scifi novels ever written.
