r/Neuromancer

I'm wondering where to start with old-school Gibson. The choice seems to be between Neuromancer, Burning Chrome, and Johnny Mnemonic, after which the remainder of the Sprawl trilogy would presumably follow naturally. Still, I like to be efficient with my time, so if anyone here could recommend the "optimal" path of entry, I'd appreciate that.

Though there were forerunners (e.g. Vernor Vinge's short story "True Names", published 1981), Neuromancer really brought the idea of cyberspace to public attention.

Yet cyberspace as a concept has kind of come and gone. Movies that did have cyberspace sequences (e.g. Tron, The Lawnmower Man, Johnny Mnemonic) pushed CGI technology to the limits, but their visual appeal was based on them looking fantastic, and not like the real world.

In 2026, we're used to photo-realistic (or near-photo-realistic) virtual environments, in video games. A virtual world that doesn't look like that is seen as peculiar. The blocky worlds of Minecraft or Roblox tacitly admit they are not the cutting edge of technology.

Furthermore, we think about our communications and information technology differently. We don't imagine a place you can go to and navigate like it is a 2D or 3D space. "Cyberspace" is in our pocket.

So, when Case jacks in in the TV series, what will he, and we, see?

I’m hoping they do

Does anyone happen to have any recommendations for audiobooks of Neuromancer? I'm intending to re-read it but I have a lot of night shifts upcoming and I won't really have time to stop work and read so I figured an audiobook might be the answer.

I tried the version read by Gibson but found the voice a little grating. Found a version read by Jason Flemyng but lost faith immediately when he mispronounced Chiba as "Chibba"...

this is not a shit post

so - i've never heard of the callum turner guy before - and i saw he was on hot ones and while that show isn't as interesting as it used to be i figured it was a chance to see the guy thats playing case (i haven't seen any trailers ... i mean i'm gonna watch it ... may as well enjoy it with out the marketing machine ruining anything)

but i'm worried man ... the dude was super likeable ... and case is kind of walking human garbage with occasional flickers of humanity ... still one of my favorite characters and he unfucks himself a bit by the end of the book

but i'm worried apple is going to soften the grime and misery and hard edges of the novel (i'm sure i'm not the first person to express this worry)

if they make case into some kind of ... super star .... i dunno ... i've been told that they are keeping molly true to form from the book aesthetics wise -- but i feel like case should kind of disgust you for the first half of the show until you fully understand the character ....

worried apple doesn't have the stones to make that decision ....

just came here to worry into the void

Figured this sub would enjoy some of the stuff here. I did miss Hideo but he’s only shown for a split second lol