A review by seanius
Neuromancer by William Gibson
4.0
quite a rush of fast narrative with teenagerish themes of travel, drugs sex and violence against a remarkably timeless portrayal of the virtualised environment created by modern tech.
Whilst the main character is a kind of shallow anti-hero, there is a genuine poignancy to the end of his fling with the female muscle Molly.
The gender roles have an interesting inversion, where the very much masculine hard living Case is yet only truly powerful in the virtual mind-world of the hacker - it is the very feminine Molly who dominates physically in and out of the bedroom - in some ways she has even more masculine energy than he…
does have a bit too many stereotypes for these PC times - but lets not pretend that this text is more a high tech thrill…
seems a truly timeless sci-fi classic!
Whilst the main character is a kind of shallow anti-hero, there is a genuine poignancy to the end of his fling with the female muscle Molly.
The gender roles have an interesting inversion, where the very much masculine hard living Case is yet only truly powerful in the virtual mind-world of the hacker - it is the very feminine Molly who dominates physically in and out of the bedroom - in some ways she has even more masculine energy than he…
does have a bit too many stereotypes for these PC times - but lets not pretend that this text is more a high tech thrill…
seems a truly timeless sci-fi classic!