Paperback, 320 pages
Portuguese language
Published Aug. 19, 2016
O Céu sobre o porto tinha cor de televisão num canal fora do ar. Considerada a obra precursora do movimento cyberpunk e um clássico da ficção científica moderna, Neuromancer conta a história de Case, um cowboy do ciberespaço e hacker da matrix. Como punição por tentar enganar os patrões, seu sistema nervoso foi contaminado por uma toxina que o impede de entrar no mundo virtual. Agora, ele vaga pelos subúrbios de Tóquio, cometendo pequenos crimes para sobreviver, e acaba se envolvendo em uma jornada que mudará para sempre o mundo e a percepção da realidade. Evoluindo de Blade Runner e antecipando Matrix, Neuromancer é o romance de estreia de William Gibson. Esta obra distópica, publicada em 1984, antevê, de modo muito preciso, vários aspectos fundamentais da sociedade atual e de sua relação com a tecnologia. Foi o primeiro livro a ganhar a chamada “tríplice coroa da ficção científica”: os prestigiados …
O Céu sobre o porto tinha cor de televisão num canal fora do ar. Considerada a obra precursora do movimento cyberpunk e um clássico da ficção científica moderna, Neuromancer conta a história de Case, um cowboy do ciberespaço e hacker da matrix. Como punição por tentar enganar os patrões, seu sistema nervoso foi contaminado por uma toxina que o impede de entrar no mundo virtual. Agora, ele vaga pelos subúrbios de Tóquio, cometendo pequenos crimes para sobreviver, e acaba se envolvendo em uma jornada que mudará para sempre o mundo e a percepção da realidade. Evoluindo de Blade Runner e antecipando Matrix, Neuromancer é o romance de estreia de William Gibson. Esta obra distópica, publicada em 1984, antevê, de modo muito preciso, vários aspectos fundamentais da sociedade atual e de sua relação com a tecnologia. Foi o primeiro livro a ganhar a chamada “tríplice coroa da ficção científica”: os prestigiados prêmios Hugo, Nebula e Philip K. Dick
This one has everything. At it’s core it’s a really good noir thriller full of great characters, but built on top of that is a really good science fiction novel full amazing concepts, and a wonderful piece of art with psychedelically poetic descriptive prose. I will definitely need to read it again
I wanted a happy ending for the characters but I guess it fits more that it wasn’t. Aesthetically it’s a master piece, it's everything I love about cyberpunk. It's a classic for a reason.
Also yea I absolutely try to look like a razorgirl any chance I get.
Anyone wanting to argue than Neuromancer has aged like either milk or wine will readily find all the examples they could want to make their case; but the depiction of the consensual hallucination in Neuromancer still reads like a more futuristic network and virtual reality technology than anything we have today.
The words visionary and iconic get thrown around by hypebeasts and idiots to the point they're a debased and inflated currency, but describing Neuromancer without them is telling lies of omission. Parts of Neuromancer still describe a vision of what may yet come (and a far from idealised vision at that).
For anyone who hasn't read it, expect it to make less sense on your first reading than the second. Some things seem overly detailed but on rereading the same ink on the same pages somehow has written different words leaving me a completely different impression second time around. …
Anyone wanting to argue than Neuromancer has aged like either milk or wine will readily find all the examples they could want to make their case; but the depiction of the consensual hallucination in Neuromancer still reads like a more futuristic network and virtual reality technology than anything we have today.
The words visionary and iconic get thrown around by hypebeasts and idiots to the point they're a debased and inflated currency, but describing Neuromancer without them is telling lies of omission. Parts of Neuromancer still describe a vision of what may yet come (and a far from idealised vision at that).
For anyone who hasn't read it, expect it to make less sense on your first reading than the second. Some things seem overly detailed but on rereading the same ink on the same pages somehow has written different words leaving me a completely different impression second time around. I imagine well written murder mystery or noir genre works achieve, but I'm a philistine who hasn't read Agatha Christie or Raymond Chandler so this is naked speculation on my part.
I don't think this would turn anyone who doesn't enjoy sci-fi or cyberpunk into a fan, but any who've enjoyed either I think it's a worth the read and re-read.
It took a long time to read because it’s so dense and a little abstract the whole way through. Some noir plots in the beginning with an action movie ending, which is all well and good, but the characters don’t have much depth to them.
It’s a absolutely an important piece of sci-fi pop culture but as a novel it’s not memorable for me.
I thought I'd read this before, but remember nothing. Which is surprising, because it was really freak'n cool. From the very first line, it's all so dang evocative. I had to re-read so much of it to savour each description. But also had to re-read a lot because I only read a page or two at a time, and I got lost a lot returning to it, because everything moved so fast. But hot dang, I see why it's a classic.
