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What am I in for?

>> No.15861264

>>15861250
Idk I havent read it

>> No.15861279

>>15861250
Ugly overwrought prose.

>> No.15861283

>>15861250
Really good sci-fi brother. If you like it then read Snow Crash

>> No.15861290

>>15861279
how so?

>> No.15861292

>>15861279
This is my biggest gripe with it

>> No.15861293

>>15861250
sounds trippy

>> No.15861295

It's pretty good. Best in the series beyond Burning Chrome. Count Zero is ok, and Mona Lisa Overdrive is meh.

>> No.15861312

>>15861283
>snow crash
I cringe just reading a summary of this; is it actually good or is it zany, rick and mortyesqye schlock?

>> No.15861375

>>15861283
>Really good sci-fi
Everyone on the planet says that about Dune and yet all I read was a harry potter tier pile of YA shit.

>> No.15861385

Intentionally obscure language. I think the difficulty to imagine the scenes is because Gibson is trying to make an ugly world that you wouldn't want to live in.
I enjoyed it.

>> No.15861412

>>15861250
DnD cyberpunk, the book. It's where it all started.

>> No.15861430
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>>15861375
what did you think of God Emporer?

>> No.15861433

>>15861312
The world building/philosophy that it puts forward is really cool. I like how it says human society is a biological computer and weren't truly thinking things until very recently. Probably the first NPC meme.

>> No.15861495

>>15861250
Listen to the Shadowrun and SMT1 soundtracks while you read.

>> No.15862301

>>15861250
its great, it helps also reading a bit of acc literature and early land. doing so will make the world building translate to some interesting philosophical musings but its not a must

>> No.15862351

>>15861250
It's garbage don't listen to these fags. You'll walk away disappointed

>> No.15862367

>>15862351
>t.wintermute

>> No.15862520

>>15861283
Bump. Snow Crash is an awesome follow up in a similar vein. Neuromancer itself is awesome, I personally really enjoyed the prose even in its more overtly noir moments. Also how does no one talk about the fact that Inception ripped off the ending

>> No.15862521

>>15862351
I read it recently and it was okay. His prose is bad like people mentioned earlier but the plot is solid and some of the imagery is really cool

>> No.15862558

>>15861250
a good premise with some ok parts that ends up like a half-baked campaign of shadowrun, though it's still praised because it established a new genre.

>> No.15862689

>>15861250
I hate these posts
How about "I just read this, ask me anything" posts? That would be a nice change