William Gibson Reads Neuromancer [2 / 8] 

Don't f with the Fin

@@davidnorris166 no one fucks with the Fin

He's mispronounced a number of words in his own book lol

That’s the accent of the sprawl boyo

Def ain’t boomhauer lmao

@@almightysosa3007 lol 😂

Yeah it's an abridged reading

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Between the 15th and 17th chapters.

This book is the progenitor for every cyberpunk book, show, movie and game you've ever interacted with.

@@axiss5840 true. I got a version with another narrator, so I hope that helps. I’m thinking it’s one of those books that you had to read in your developmental years. I saw Akira when I was younger and how anyone can think it’s not one of if not the most important film in the history of animation, I’m flabbergasted. And I’ve met people who saw it as adults and were like “yeah, it was good, but”. And I’m like how can you think that!? But I’ve heard endless praise for blade runner and I saw that recently as an adult and was very underwhelmed. So this important books and films I think need to be consumed at the right time. That’s why I’m trying to read it now, I know what it changed, I’m trying to give my kudos to it, even if I can’t see what I should.

@@nh8444 Like Akira and Blade Runner it's a book that gets better with repeat readings.

@@Pneumanon I’m trying to give it the kudos I’m told it deserves. It’s not an easy book to get through. I find it hard to keep track of what’s happening. Idk if I’m zoning out or if the writing is disjointed or what. I’ve started from the beginning like 3 different times. I might have to read a summary then go through it again. I might watch some enthusiastic reviews to see the oomph of others help me figure it out. I live in Japan, so the “omfg it’s Japan” wore off many years ago. Now it’s just a place. A cool place, but it’s not the anime and comic utopia everyone thinks it is. Many people don’t watch anime, read manga, or any of the “Japan is so cool cuz of x” things people think most Japanese people do. Many watch anime and read manga, but many also, do not.

@@nh8444 It's not just you. The writing is definitely disjointed and, at times highly confusing. It is often hard to keep track of what's going on. The action scenes in particular are confusing to read. Gibson kinda writes as if you're watching a film, he jumps from one image to another like an edited film does. But unlike a film where you have a lot of visual information connecting the various images into an understandable context, Gibson often just describes the specific image, for example, a spray of blood, the flash of a gun barrel (etc) and you're left piecing together the images to put them into a context. You often have to figure out where things are happening, who got shot, who fired the shot (etc) before the scene starts to make sense. That's why several readings helps, because when you go back you have the images from your first read through and you kind of have the sense of where the scene ended up, so then you can start to piece things together and get more of a sense of the context of everything. The plot can also be confusing at times. The first two chapters, for example, are unnecessarily convoluted and could have definitely been streamlined without losing the details that everyone loves. Having said all that, it's a classic for a reason- mostly because of how deeply it has influenced the culture at large- but yeah it can be tough to follow at times.