flarion reviewed Neuromancer by William Gibson
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3 stars
Cool book. Wild story (even from someone coming from tech). Fantastic characters. Slow start, good middle part, weird ending.
taschenbuch, 366 pages
German language
Published July 31, 1992 by Heyne.
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.
Cool book. Wild story (even from someone coming from tech). Fantastic characters. Slow start, good middle part, weird ending.
[ESP] Es fácil darse cuenta de por qué es tan influyente, aunque ha quedado comprensiblemente anticuado en algunas cosas, como hace notar Gibson en el prólogo.
El libro es más o menos complicado de leer, pero tiene varios pasajes ciertamente fascinantes, en los que se describe el mundo altamente computerizado que se contruye
[ENG] It's easy to grasp why this book is so important, even though in certain aspects it's understandably outdated, as Gibson himself notes in the prologue.
The book is somewhat difficult to follow, but has some fascinating parts in how well he describes the electronics heavy world he built