Advantages: Innovative science-fiction and a cracking story Disadvantages: 3 Megabyte RAM couriers
Neuromancer is more than twenty years old now, a fact that's a bit astonishing. Written by William Gibson, the blurb claims that the novel 'invented' cyberspace and virtual reality. Bold claims indeed (and perhaps not entirely justified in the case of VR) ...
Advantages: Fascinating for anyone with an interest in computing or sci-fi Disadvantages: Can be hard to get your head round!
This book was hailed as the book which invented cyberspace and virtual reality. The new form of sci-fi was labelled "cyberpunk." It has apparently been cited as the force behind many hackers.
"Neuromancer" paints a grim view of the future in which te ...
I'd rate Neuromancer as being one of the three most influential future visions created in science fiction along with 1984 and Brave New World. From the concept of cyberspace to a thousand films, X-file episodes and the like it's ideas are repeated over an ...
Advantages: Refreshing, the book that started a genre Disadvantages: Non worth mentioning
Occasionally a new book comes along thats different, that stands out from the crowd - thats Neuromancer.
Famous for inventing the term 'cyberspace'. Its set in the future where paper money is only used in shady deals and where cyberspace is viewed dire ...
Neuromancer is about a console cowboy, Case, who moves in the world of cyberspace as a rogue hacker. Gibson saw the global internet, the world of cyberspace, and an amazing assortment of technology, some of which has already been realized, in a book comp ...
