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Review #11: “Boy, I was daid”

Neuromancer by William Gibson

December 30, 2023 by Monty Leave a Comment

A re-read, but one I do every year or two because of just how much I love this book. Publisher’s description: “The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus-hallucination, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace… Henry Dorsett Case was the sharpest data-thief in the business, until vengeful former employees crippled his nervous system. But now a new and very mysterious employer recruits him for a last-chance run. The target: an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence orbiting Earth in service of […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, #WilliamGibson, cyberpunk, neuromancer, william gibson

Monty's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, #WilliamGibson, cyberpunk, neuromancer, william gibson ·
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In a Galaxy Far Far Away

Burning Chrome by William Gibson

July 19, 2019 by Wanderlustful 1 Comment

William Gibson’s Burning Chrome is a collection of 12 science fiction short stories that were written in the late 70s and early 80s and have been published together.  I would almost certainly never have picked up this book on my own- it joined my book collection after being abandoned by an old roommate, who had herself picked it for a college Science Fiction Literature class (which hints at how long this book has been knocking around my apartment).  Despite this not being my usual jam, […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: #BurningChrome, #notmywheelhouse, #ScienceFiction, #WilliamGibson, cbr11bingo, SciFi, shortstories

Wanderlustful's CBR11 Review No:24 · Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: #BurningChrome, #notmywheelhouse, #ScienceFiction, #WilliamGibson, cbr11bingo, SciFi, shortstories ·
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