Neuromancer

Sprawl Trilogy, Book 1

By: William Gibson

Narrated by: Jason Flemyng

Narrated by actor Jason Flemyng.

The book that defined the cyberpunk movement, inspiring everything from The Matrix to Cyberpunk 2077.

The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.

William Gibson revolutionised science fiction in his 1984 debut Neuromancer. The writer who gave us the matrix and coined the term 'cyberspace' produced a first novel that won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, and lit the fuse on the cyberpunk movement.

More than three decades later, Gibson's text is as stylish as ever, his noir narrative still glitters like chrome in the shadows and his depictions of the rise and abuse of corporate power look more prescient every day. Part thriller, part warning, Neuromancer is a timeless classic of modern SF and one of the 20th century's most potent and compelling visions of the future.

©2016 William Gibson (P)2021 W F Howes

Great reading

I long struggle with the plot of this book in my 20s, but this audio version was great and I finally got it!

Worth getting

I’ve always wanted to read this book but I didn’t know if I would enjoy it, but I’m happy to say that I did like it, and it’s worth getting

Confusing and jumps around too much for audiobook

Great sci-fi but the writing style jumps around between "realities" and characters so often you loose the thread way too often.
Probably better as physical book where you can recap or take it in at your own pace.

Are you you?

Listening to this 40 years after its conception makes your eyebrows raise from time to time thinking ah there Sims comes from or how did he predict this was coming about. I guess when you are connected to the one you know…

Hey the Russian accent ??

Great book but strange version with a Russian accent for a ex US. Special forces guy? But who am I to say!

For all cyberpunk and Blade Runner fans

I really enjoyed listening to this book even though l rarely listen to fiction. After recently re-watching Blade Runner ( my absolute favorite film ), l decided to give fiction a chance and first listened to Phillip K. Dicks Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ( essential for all Blade Runner fans and highly recommended ), followed by this fantastic book. I look forward to listening to this again. I will also be listening to the other two books in Gibson's Sprawl trilogy. The narration on this is perfect for the story. Nice work Jason Flemyng!

Difficult book to get through but good atmosphere

The story: I loved the cyberpunk setting, the grimy atmosphere is brilliant but I frequently found myself confused and struggling to follow that's going on. There are tons of things happening and you're presented with dermadisks here and simstims there and the book does not hold your hand very much in terms of explaining the plot. I was almost tempted to give the story three stars but I'm upgrading it to a four because I guess being dumped into a sci-fi world and left to figure it out yourself is part of the experience. Also, I bet I would get more out of it if I were to do a re-listen sometime down the line.

The narration: The narrator did an ok job, however I would have liked more variety in between the different characters. Sometimes I lost track of which character was speaking which of course might be just me and my attention span's problem. I found the narrator a little boring and dull to listen to. Also, a few times throughout the book it sounds like certain words have been overdubbed. I have no clue why that's necessary but it was distracting the few times it happened.

Good AB

The voice acting was amazing.
But for some reason, found myself relistening the same chapter over and over again, even decide to go a few chapters to re read from the novle.

Good story, bad narrator

The narrator did a bad job which caused the story to be really hard to follow.

Great Story, a bit hard to follow at times.

by the time I got to the end I didn't know if I should have been happy or depressed. But I definitely loved the book. I look forward to listening to the Jonathan Davis narrated sequels. I loved the characters here, particularly Molly. the way the book is written is a bit hard to follow, with good reason. Gibson is describing things far ahead of his time and it shows. I would skip backward 15sec pretty frequently to get a better understanding. but I really enjoyed my time with the book. I look forward to the next one.