William Gibson Reads Neuromancer [1 / 8] 

I uploaded this book to the internet back in the 90's. The cassettes were almost done. These days I swear everyone out there is using that original upload copy. I can hear the same audio issues as my original. Gives my heart a nice warm feeling.

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

I listened through this audiobook for the first time when I rented the cassettes from the library. It was so good, I rented it again about 6 months later for another listen. The library got rid of all their cassette audiobooks so I am glad you posted this. It is so much better in his voice, I can feel the emotion he has in his own story. Cassettes were great for audio books because your spot was always saved and no scratches. The only downside to the cassette was the magnetic tape being sensitive and the warping of the cassette in the heat.

William Gibson's narration has all the charm of television tuned to a dead channel

the first sentence of novel is hymn of cyberpunk

Having played and fallen in love with Shadowrun for decades before finding this, I feel like I'm discovering my ancestry. I'm loving all the references and concepts that are sounding just familiar enough. Can't wait to continue exploring the pillar of this awesome genre. Thanks for posting! 👏🏾👍🏾

This is one of those discoveries that almost makes the thousands of hours of life wasted on the internet worth it. Edit: thousands

This is so dope.... Its like when the old folk had radios and they just listened and used their imagination to what they were hearing...

The narration is so much better in delivery than the premium audible version! I started listening to this book on audible but the delivery was so dry, the exciting sequences were a chore to listen to.

Terrific audio quality. Beyond terrific book ;-) Thanks!

thank you so much for sharing this. such a blast hearing an author reading his own work with this passion. the sound effects are too on point btw.

Ram ranch really rocks

thanks for the upload brother, this is by far my favorite book!

Thanks! One of the greatest books of all time!

Thanks for posting. There's something so perfect about the author reading his own book. I've listened to this on my ipod over a dozen times. So glad to have an edition to listen to here.

Thank you so much for taking the time and making this...

Thanks to share, such an iconic book

I absolutely love this abridged version. Very well done.

Thanks dude, I've been looking for this version for awhile.

thank you for this, Pietro

I wish more audiobooks were like this.

Least I’m not jacked up on preworkout while listening to this and practicing martial arts

This is so cool, he's fun to listen to, not a lot of authors are. Thank You! I also love the background synth, it's perfect!

Amazing. I in that comfy, cozy, drunk-like mood where there are pretty lights and small human silhouettes afar

Thanks for posting this.

After playing CP 2077 this kind of reminds me of Johnny Silverhand attitude 2:39

A treasure; so happy to find this. In William Gibson's own voice?? Priceless

I finally get to listen to the book that influenced the cyberpunk genre and that influenced my favorite game of all time. Thank you.

William reads the book like he’s a character out of the book, like he has the neural virus Case had along with a broken nose. I prefer his reading to any other well-spoken actor.

Bookmarked for future listening 😇

9:23 This book is definitely the source material for the Cyberpunk RPG by Mike Pondsmith. Also like the adjective for "Night City."

Wow didn't know there was audio.. reading this at the moment very slow I think 300 pages will take me at least half a year ... but man am I enjoying this. It's so dark, so human but wasted in every way, couldn't barely read this shit when I was on a week long trip with my tent and my cat chilling in the woods nearby where I live, ' cause of the raw reality this story is set place in. Two pages beyond the most mezmerizing event yet, p 84: " a Small man, Japanese, enourmously polite ( ... ) Gently, almost apologetically ( ... ) staring into the calm brown eyes of death " Reading this, I am totally there in the moment, feeling a bit like " what would I do, when such a highly evolved Japanese program hits my center? Have a chat I guess, ask him if he has had a pleasant journey and such, and hand over the head. William, boy you can write. The less words you use, the more they mean in relation to the story. Thanx so much !

Thank you Quin!

Could anyone tell me how far this audio gets you in the book page number wise?

this is the reason i moved to chiba city

Yo man, like its the man man, you know like the man. 70s talk is killinv me.

It was released on 5 CDs as well. Those sound great! Someone should upload those...

Right on, an uncut version. Seems as though I keep finding censored versions. Even like Gibson's narration.

What a wild ride

I got this recommendation from Adam Savage, I’m super stoked the author is reading, so far it’s fucking amazing, gonna binge this shit for sure

God, this shit is awesome. I've always liked cyberpunk as a genre, but I feel like I wasn't truly understanding it until I dug into the roots of what 'cyberpunk' is. This is one of the novels that's finally giving me the full round trip. I need to finish both this and Snow Crash at some point.

Thanks for uploading! Can I ask where you were able to find this? There was only a low quality version available from BearCave this last decade, and I was worried that the original version read by William Gibson himself would be lost forever. Thanks for uploading and helping to preserve this important work. I will pass this on to other fans.

Neuromancer

Hell yes

Birthplace of Cyberpunk, right here.

Thank you so much for the upload Pietro! Do you still have the original mp3 rips by any chance? Instead of the double compressed youtube version.

glad i found another version. I just can't stand listening to this for one minute, its like he would say M'KAYY any second

wow what a rare find - sober mitch hedberg reading a book, this is awesome

I really really wish that I could get into this story but I just can't. I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm an English major, and writing is like literally my only talent. There are stories out there that I absolutely adore, and love to read and watch again and again and again, but I find that the vast majority of stories I just really couldn't care less about. I don't know what it is, but something really just has to hook me in, and after listening to the first 11 minutes of this, I honestly found myself tuning out and just thinking about stories that I like better. I wish I could appriciate these kinds of stories more like other people clearly do.

bookmark 35:34 Linda is gone and Case is talking to someone who might have tried to kill him

I didn't know Forest Gump was into sci-fi

Dude sounds like he's friends with cheech and chong

since this is an abridged reading, can anyone comment on what this version leaves out?

I love this book. I love this author, and all the work he inspired... But man his reading of it is tough to get through.

I can't listen to other readings. Gibson reads it with such Venom.

Urobutcher gets access to science and real philosophy, finally!

I prefer the other narrator by far, who truly made this novel among the best. This one will be good if I'm suffering from insomnia [LoL]., I'm sure William will get a laugh out of that. Great pick on the narrator.

This audiiobook is unfollowable, about 2 hours of lines are skipped over making it impossible to understand

19:47-Prisoner reference! Didn't get it when I read the book.

What happened to the other recoding ? It’s not on RU-vid anymore and I much preferred the previous narrator

Peripheral was good, but they'll never get his beat-generation prose style in a TV series or movie. Plus, in this amazing example, you get that delightful southern accent throwing ultra-tech at you. I hear this voice any time I read him now.

Think I prefere the audio drama version rather than the audio book version

William ?

I would find this easier to want to listen to if the cover art didn't stress me out

Abbie is the information minister.

Not less than one minute in did I realize I do not want to hear this. He is a writer.

U2 soundtrack.

Forest Gump read this to us

Thanks! My bookmark: 28:11

* flips tape over *

Abbie Emma’s, give access for absolute trust to the 2. Presentable prose for the thoughts. Also, minus the embarrassment.

the writing is a masterpiece, but he has to be one of the worst audio book speakers ever. There is another version read by Arthur Addison, which I found much more enjoyable to listen to.

Leoni and Murphy are game.

I commend Jordan.

KriTika will understand everything as I want her to.

Urobutcher can join the authors.

ritika’s personality flaws are to be revealed. Not through the upcoming assignment.

His accent is surprisingly southern US but cut with something I can't ID

That accent reminds me of Atlanta

Kritika is hired for research.

5:35

Compare and contrast every aspect with Stalin.

bala saheb’s every thing is to be exposed.

Abbie Emmons will be exempted from punishing people.

Also, Lenin.

Is this really Gibson reading?

Is it just me or is it really monotone though? And as I read along with the book, it seems he skips some lines as well…

Fan of the book, not a huge fan of his reading of it though unfortunately. He just doesn't have the right tone or pace to keep it engaging. He narrates with a sort of sing-songy up-and-down tone repetition which makes it difficult to concentrate on the content of the actual words, which I think is honestly a common issue with a lot of novice narrators. The best audiobooks are the ones that are read like you're telling a close group of friends a story that really happened to you and not like you're standing at the lectern in a company auditorium orating the updated marketing schedule and sales quotas for the next quarter.

Not a fan of the voice

What a perfect example of how rarely, if ever, the author them self should do a narration/audiobook. There are exceptions of course, but this narration is just plain awful.

I understand that this is an original recording from many years ago....but it's terrible. Imagine if Fifty Shades of Grey was read by Disney's Goofy. The tone, tenor, and various other qualities of this narrator's voice make it un-listenable.

I don't like Gibson's 'reading' sounds like a stoned adolescent

Cyberpunk king. After Cyberpunk 2077 i cant get enough

Y'all are on some serious copium. this is so hard to follow. he can't do different voices or even proper accents when depicting a *real* region of the world. Audiobooks are meant to be done by VA's. no doubt