Re:The Influence of Neuromancer on Cyberpunk
by novok on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @11:10PM
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Neuromancer was never really about technology according to the author, and that is probably why it feels the same.
Ironically although, I had a hard time reading Neuromancer while snow crash was a breezy fun read in high school
Neuromancer on the other hand has aged incredibly well. The ICE tech doesn't make much sense, but the characters feel honest and real, and so many actual contemporary issues (AI ethics, transhumanism, transgender issues, mass surveillance, anonymous coordinated activism, economic oligarchs heading into space, even a tank war in Europe!) resonate throughout the book in ways that don't feel dated.