taschenbuch, 366 pages

German language

Published July 31, 1992 by Heyne.

ISBN:
978-3-453-05665-7
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The first of William Gibson's 'Sprawl' trilogy, Neuromancer is the classic cyberpunk novel.

German version, translated by Reinhard Heinz.

More information on the novel's official page.

43 editions

Debe leerse con gran disposición

3 stars

Uno de los libros que me ha resultado más difícil de comentar/calificar... Por un lado, me parece admirable la forma en que Gibson se adelanta a su tiempo de maneras que muy pocos se atrevieron y muchos menos consiguieron convertir casi en "profecías". Por otro lado, la narrativa es difícil de seguir... No por compleja, quizás es un asunto de gusto personal o del momento de mi vida en que lo leí, pero me costó conectar emocionalmente con los personajes. Me lo apunto como un libro al que le debo una segunda lectura, con una disposición diferente de mi parte.

Review of 'Neuromancer' on 'Goodreads'

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(Crossposted from my blog: daariga.wordpress.com/2015/11/28/neuromancer/)

Concepts
and visuals from movies such as Ghost in the Shell, Inception, Dark City and The Thirteenth Floor kept swirling in my mind as I turned the pages of Neuromancer. Anyone who reads this 1984 sci-fi novel by William Gibson will have no doubt that these movies have borrowed heavily from its ingenious inventions and plot.

The futuristic story begins in a Japan that is right out of The Blade Runner. (This movie was released two years before the novel). The protagonist is Case, a former cyberspace hacker who is living out his last days among the dregs of the underworld. Cyberspace here refers to the interconnected worldwide network which a user can navigate by donning a headset and melding their consciousness into an online virtual reality avatar. Hackers can also share the consciousness of another cyberspace user, if allowed. Things start looking …

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