Neuromancer was the first cyberpunk book I read and it sticks in my mind for being so weird and crazy and demanding compared to anything else. I've got sequels on my TBR but so far not got to them. And in terms of 'spooky month'. I've got no interest in the genre so my reading this month went in the totally opposite direction. Criminolly mentioned "And to My Nephew Albert I Leave the Island What I Won Off Fatty Hagan in a Poker Game..." By David Forrest and the title was so crazy and off-beat that I found the ebook and read it in two sittings. A totally fun read and I'm still laughing at some of the stuff that happened in that book.
That book does sound fun ha. You're experience with Count Zero may be very different than mine, a lot of people say it's their favourite of the trilogy, which I think is wild but different tastes right?
I tried to read Neuromancer over 30 years ago but quit it. I don't remember anything about it expect it was too different from the other sci-fi books I used to read. Maybe I was just too young to appreciate it then.
The way I think of Gibson's writing, is that he almost writes as though his books are "in universe" in the same way a general fiction writer doesn't have to spend a few pages telling the reader what a job, a car and a phone are, Gibson likewise doesn't explain things to the reader than a normal inhabitant of his universe would know. It's super off putting to some, and I get why, but for me it makes it feel special, challenging but magical.
@@BenjaminsBookclub Ok, that may explain why I didn't finish it. When I was young I used to like almost every book I read. Actually, Neuromancer is the only one I remember quitting back then. Well, maybe I try again some day :)
I tried to read Neuromancer a couple months ago but I quit it as I could barely understand what was going on. I read Snowcrash last month and I did enjoy it.
I really didn't like Neuromancer at all. I tried reading it twice, gave up the first time then forced myself to finish it a few weeks ago. Gibson's writing stye is extremely off-putting, to the point where I don't understand how the book got through the editing phase. There is a decent story buried in there somewhere, but half the time I didn't understand what was going on, and slogging through the prose was not fun.
@@camcolt3530 Yeah I think his prose is very divisive. For some reason I loved it, but I think hating it is also a perfectly valid response. One of those things that either works for you or it doesn't I think.
Neuromancer was the first cyberpunk book I read and it sticks in my mind for being so weird and crazy and demanding compared to anything else. I've got sequels on my TBR but so far not got to them. And in terms of 'spooky month'. I've got no interest in the genre so my reading this month went in the totally opposite direction. Criminolly mentioned "And to My Nephew Albert I Leave the Island What I Won Off Fatty Hagan in a Poker Game..." By David Forrest and the title was so crazy and off-beat that I found the ebook and read it in two sittings. A totally fun read and I'm still laughing at some of the stuff that happened in that book.
That book does sound fun ha.
You're experience with Count Zero may be very different than mine, a lot of people say it's their favourite of the trilogy, which I think is wild but different tastes right?
I loved Snow Crash, but then I played in Second Life for a few years and there were some connections.
Was there a lot of Sumerian mythology in second life?
@@BenjaminsBookclub I didn't notice. There were a lot of avatars that could be personalized.
I tried to read Neuromancer over 30 years ago but quit it. I don't remember anything about it expect it was too different from the other sci-fi books I used to read. Maybe I was just too young to appreciate it then.
The way I think of Gibson's writing, is that he almost writes as though his books are "in universe" in the same way a general fiction writer doesn't have to spend a few pages telling the reader what a job, a car and a phone are, Gibson likewise doesn't explain things to the reader than a normal inhabitant of his universe would know.
It's super off putting to some, and I get why, but for me it makes it feel special, challenging but magical.
@@BenjaminsBookclub Ok, that may explain why I didn't finish it. When I was young I used to like almost every book I read. Actually, Neuromancer is the only one I remember quitting back then. Well, maybe I try again some day :)
I tried to read Neuromancer a couple months ago but I quit it as I could barely understand what was going on.
I read Snowcrash last month and I did enjoy it.
I really didn't like Neuromancer at all. I tried reading it twice, gave up the first time then forced myself to finish it a few weeks ago. Gibson's writing stye is extremely off-putting, to the point where I don't understand how the book got through the editing phase. There is a decent story buried in there somewhere, but half the time I didn't understand what was going on, and slogging through the prose was not fun.
@@camcolt3530 Yeah I think his prose is very divisive. For some reason I loved it, but I think hating it is also a perfectly valid response. One of those things that either works for you or it doesn't I think.