Re:The Influence of Neuromancer on Cyberpunk
by ychompinator on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @10:02AM
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A great and terrible book, Gibson repeatedly throwing you in to mountains of not yet explained language and concepts before dragging you out of confusion a chapter later is frustrating and tiresome, however I could not help coming back for more. I regret nothing.
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Re:The Influence of Neuromancer on Cyberpunk
by criddell on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @12:05PM
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I have to read his books twice. The first time I just plow through, confused the entire time. The second pass is where I can enjoy it, but there are still a lot of times where I read a sentence and struggle with parsing it.
Re:The Influence of Neuromancer on Cyberpunk
by mindcrime on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @12:57PM
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Gibson's works definitely demand multiple reads, IMO. I have read Neuromancer around 5 times now, and I'd say I "get it" a little bit more each time I read it. Even now, 30+ years after I read it the first time, it still fascinates on a re-read.