Neuromancer Audiobook

" I was disappointed in this book. I read it and waited for something groundbreaking to happen and it never materialized. If I read this in high school it might have felt innovative, but the characters and plot were developed in a disjointed and chaotic fashion. Meh. "

" I just can't get through this. Take that one star with the caveat that it's based on only about 1/5 of the book - 1/5 of a narrative I found utterly unengaging, about dimensionless characters I was unable to relate to, written in impressionistic, confusing prose. Clearly not for me. "

" Saw this on a paperback rotating kiosk somewhere and noticed it had won the Hugo and Nebula awards the year before, so I grabbed it . I've read every Gibson book since, most at least twice. "

" For a classic of SF this book is surprisingly rubbish - cliched and completely uninteresting characters, a formulaic and who-gives-a-shit plot. Still, it has a great opening sentence and I suppose back in the day it must have seemed really groundbreaking. "

" The level of detail in this book is astounding to the point of being overwhelming. Requires an incredible amount of focus to read, but is definitely worth the perseverance it takes to make it through the book. Reading this book felt like work; you get out of the book what you put in. "

" For a book that came out 30 years ago it reads like it was written yesterday, go read it. "

" Awesome, and was a fabulous inspiration for my own writing. The finale was the best. "

" One of the most influential books of the last half of the twentieth century--the birth of cyberspace, the matrix, cyberpunk and a prophecy of our age. Rogue AI--Wintermute--creates path for its own transcendence, using Case the cowboy jacker and Molly the razor girl as its pawns. "

" I heard this was a classic. And it is. Its a little dated but doesn't wear the miles poorly. Other than some of the prescience of it as fiction though, the characters aren't especially memorable. Worth a read but more as a cultural touchstone than as a must read book. "

" this book is fantastic and artful now, and it must have been a mind exploder when it first came out. "

" Nah not for me this one. Well written however I just couldn't engage with it. "

" Probably the book I studied the most in my life since it was my English master thesis subject ;-) "

" Started coming together for me around a third in. Love the nugget at the very end. "

" Cyberpunk classic, fantastic setting and an overall engaging plot "

" I don't like the prose, but the story is fantastic. "

" I don't claim to have understood everything happening in this book, but it was a hell of a ride and such fun to see how someone in the early 80s foresaw how people would interact with computers. Definitely a sci-fi classic for a reason. "

" Wow! I guess I just don't get it! "

" i'd rather have my teeth pulled with pain than ever having to read this thing again. "

" Somehow I had missed this SciFi "classic" that set the stage for so many others today. "

" A good intro if you like the Cyberpunk genre. "

" This book makes me want to play Shadowrun again. I loved pretty much everything about this book except I couldn't get my head around what was going on in cyberspace. Just a style thing, really, cuz this was a lot of fun to read even so. "

" It's the second time I'm reading this, and it doesn't make for a better read than the last time. I might just be me, but I can't get into this book at all. "

" I'm glad I finally made it to this book. But I wish I'd read it back before The Matrix came out. I feel like some of its magic was (unfortunately) a little bit lost on me, given other, more recent sci-fi influences in my life. "

" My all-time, favorite book. I read this when it first came out, and it shaped a lot of my concepts of science fiction. "

" A cyberpunk sci-fi novel, but it was too nihilistic for me. "

" Some friends have debated this with me, but I think this book is the foundation of the Matrix universe. Really wild entertaining imaginative story telling. and before you read it, take note of the original publish date. "

" I heard that this book was awesome. I like sci-fi. I tried to read it and it was very hard to finish it. Well, it is extremely bland and a bit boring. A lot of great ideas, but not intiriguing, looks like you read some kind of report, not a book. "

" I barely started this book, before putting it away. I just couldn't get into it, plus the description wasn't something that made me want to read it. Oh, well. "

" One of my all-time favorite books. I try to go back and re-read it every few years. "

" I need to read it in English, because I enjoyed the edgy plot but somehow I feel like the words where sort of stumbled between themselves. "

" Not great writing (even for sci-fi) but the ideas are more relevant than ever. "

" i wonder what ppl wil think ov this one in ad over 9000. gibsons characters are real crap etc but i gues u got ta read it for the memes "

" I marked it as "read," but that's not exactly true. I couldn't make it through. A recommendation by my husband, it is right up his alley - but not mine. Ugh. "

" 3 1/2 stars. Very powerful ending. Don't read this book in fits and starts, because you will forget who everyone is, what they want and what they were doing. Get some tea, sit on the couch and go through it in one go. "