A pile of steaming poo (Neuromancer - William Gibson)

Member Name: dmullier

Product:	Neuromancer - William Gibson
Date:	17/08/00 (50 review reads)
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Advantages: I like the genre

Disadvantages: Very badly written

I read Neuromancer about 5 years ago and while I understand that it is credited with the birth of the cyberpunk genre (which I doubt since Dick’s Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep was earlier) I can’t help but feel that this is a reasonable story poorly written.

As far as I can remember this is Gibson’s first book and it will almost certainly be the last of his that I read. My enduring memories of it are that I had to keep rereading bits because I didn’t understand them. Obviously this was not because I am some unintelligent gimbo, rather it is because it is poorly written. Some good ideas in here just wanting to get out despite the poor writing. I have over the years found it difficult to believe the amount of kudos given to this book.

Just my opinion, but this guy is nothing in comparison to the scifi masters. BTW that film Johnny Mnemonic was a bit poo too.

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