Neuromancer

[Gusington]

So I just ordered Neuromancer to read while playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution. For those who have read it, what do you think of it? How does it hold up after 20 years? Any tips or anything I should know before I start it?

[bayonetbrant]

good book, but sometimes a little too internally self-referencing.

that said, I read a lot of it by red-lens flashlight while camping on tanks at Ft Irwin in the late-90s.

[Gusington]

Hmm maybe I'll rent an M1A1 and do the same :)

[MetalDog]

Generally regarded as starting the cyber punk genre.  I like it quite well.

[Gusington]

^What about it tickles your fancy?

[MetalDog]

It's actually outside my usual reading style.  I liked the atmosphere and background that Gibson conjured as well as the setting.  Been many years since I last went through it.  Sorry to be so vague.

[Gusington]

No that's cool, all of my favorite fiction books had unique atmosphere.

[bayonetbrant]

Hmm maybe I'll rent an M1A1 and do the same :)

Actually, I was on a vis-mod M551 Sheridan in the OPFOR.

[Gusington]

Perhaps I can get hooked up with something similar at USMA.

[0kult13]

I have read it 4 times, brill little book, over to quickly. Its the first part in a larger story (the sprawl trilogy) with count zero and mona lisa overdrive. Sometimes they are a bit cheesy but just tell yourself this was written in 1984. I totally loved the climax in mlo.   

[LongBlade]

Hmm maybe I'll rent an M1A1 and do the same :)

Actually, I was on a vis-mod M551 Sheridan in the OPFOR.

Was that the one you shot the Apache with?

[bayonetbrant]

No - those were M1A1's w/ instrumentation to have the computer think they were T80s, but other than the laser-tag sensors (and non-eye-safe lasers!) they were just regular M1s.