*blows dust off old thread*

Suuuup. What's everyone readin', huh?

I recently finished...

Neuromancer
by
William Gibson

I think it's probably my favourite book ever as far as sci-fi goes. I'd been meaning to get around to it for years, and years. I don't have a good excuse for not cracking it open, but I'm immensely glad I did. I didn't make it through the first chapter before I was on my way to the local big box book&coffee chain store to pick up the next two in the trilogy (Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive). Unfortunately, the book store only had Count Zero in trade, so I was forced to spend a few days searching the internet for Mona Lisa Overdrive in trade. I've got a weird thing about the size and shape of book I buy. I have a preference for trades, and refuse mass-bound paperback as a viable substitute for hardcover.

Anyway, Neuromancer is amazing. If I were to liken it to something modern, I'd say it's The Matrix before The Matrix. Not at all an exaggeration.

Quote Originally Posted by William Gibson
Case was the hottest computer cowboy cruising the information superhighway--jacking his consciousness into cyberspace, soaring through tactile lattices of data and logic, rustling encoded secrets for anyone with the money to buy his skills. Then he double-crossed the wrong people, who caught up with him in a big way--and burned the talent out of his brain, micron by micron. Banished from cyberspace, trapped in the meat of his physical body, Case courted death in the high-tech underworld. Until a shadowy conspiracy offered him a second chance--and a cure--for a price....


It's engaging. It's well-paced. Thoughtful. Oh, and there's a girl with sunglasses for eyes. Yeah. It's a good read. Liked it a lot.

If that doesn't pique your curiosity, I'll leave you with the the opening line:

The sky was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

Sadly, it's all I've had time to read since finishing off NaNoWriMo, but I aim to crack something in the next day or two.