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?
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.
Hmm maybe I'll rent an M1A1 and do the same :)
Generally regarded as starting the cyber punk genre. I like it quite well.
^What about it tickles your fancy?
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.
No that's cool, all of my favorite fiction books had unique atmosphere.
Quote from: Gusington on August 06, 2012, 07:45:58 PM
Hmm maybe I'll rent an M1A1 and do the same :)
Actually, I was on a vis-mod M551 Sheridan in the OPFOR.
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Perhaps I can get hooked up with something similar at USMA.
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.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 07, 2012, 06:41:07 AM
Quote from: Gusington on August 06, 2012, 07:45:58 PM
Hmm maybe I'll rent an M1A1 and do the same :)
Actually, I was on a vis-mod M551 Sheridan in the OPFOR.
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Was that the one you shot the Apache with?
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.