Neuromancer

Sprawl Trilogy, Book 1

By: William Gibson

Narrated by: Jason Flemyng

Narrated by actor Jason Flemyng.

The book that defined the cyberpunk movement, inspiring everything from The Matrix to Cyberpunk 2077.

The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.

William Gibson revolutionised science fiction in his 1984 debut Neuromancer. The writer who gave us the matrix and coined the term 'cyberspace' produced a first novel that won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, and lit the fuse on the cyberpunk movement.

More than three decades later, Gibson's text is as stylish as ever, his noir narrative still glitters like chrome in the shadows and his depictions of the rise and abuse of corporate power look more prescient every day. Part thriller, part warning, Neuromancer is a timeless classic of modern SF and one of the 20th century's most potent and compelling visions of the future.

©2016 William Gibson (P)2021 W F Howes

Boring narator

This belongs to the "go to sleep" category, and it is a pitty. The worldbuilding is great and the adventure coild have been interesting - but even in 1.5 listening speed the narator is still narcolepitically slow and boring. Pick another version of the same book!

Great reading

I long struggle with the plot of this book in my 20s, but this audio version was great and I finally got it!

For all cyberpunk and Blade Runner fans

I really enjoyed listening to this book even though l rarely listen to fiction. After recently re-watching Blade Runner ( my absolute favorite film ), l decided to give fiction a chance and first listened to Phillip K. Dicks Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ( essential for all Blade Runner fans and highly recommended ), followed by this fantastic book. I look forward to listening to this again. I will also be listening to the other two books in Gibson's Sprawl trilogy. The narration on this is perfect for the story. Nice work Jason Flemyng!

Confusing and jumps around too much for audiobook

Great sci-fi but the writing style jumps around between "realities" and characters so often you loose the thread way too often.
Probably better as physical book where you can recap or take it in at your own pace.

Are you you?

Listening to this 40 years after its conception makes your eyebrows raise from time to time thinking ah there Sims comes from or how did he predict this was coming about. I guess when you are connected to the one you know…