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Neuromancer
- Sprawl Trilogy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jason Flemyng
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
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.
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- Matthew Lancashire
- 30-03-22
Alot to take in that lack clarity of performance
This is a very difficult book to get into when not being read from the page. Lots of niche terms and slang. The kind of book you need to re read sections and click back to check.
Books like this need a clearer delivery, the punctuation and enunciation are so important to give context and clarity. There are also a number of sloppy edits and corrections that don't help.
Jason tries very hard with some very difficult material but it took the shine of for me.
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- PureHeartVideo
- 19-06-23
Still a masterful CyberSpace Sci-Fi classic
Good to re-visit this now, especially with the current concerns over imposing AI restrictions.
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- D. C. Harold
- 09-11-22
Best yet
I’ve heard the previous Neuromancer audiobooks and this one is the best yet. There’s some very questionable pronunciation of Japanese words but the overall tone is spot on. Hope Flemyng does Count Zero next!
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- Anonymous User
- 16-07-24
Want to where the idea of matrix the movie came from?
Well ahead of his time. And ours. This author is a visionary. Read his books. Understand.
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- MISS A KALINAUSKAITE
- 05-02-22
I am still not quite sure what to think
Part of me enjoyed and loved the book, the other part was quite confused about what was actually going on.
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- Billy Batts
- 17-03-23
Dazzling but opaque, with hammy narration
William Gibson's techolust fever dream is creatively novel as it is near impenetrable. At times you wish his obsession with descriptive writing was as equally applied to his story beats. This is not an easy listen. But worth a go, particularly if you're a fan of the genre.
Narration overall is OK, but the awful US and Jamaican accents are as distracting as they as regrettable. A more judicious editor would have had a quiet word and advised against it.
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- Edgars Zaicevs
- 17-11-22
Great book. reader not so much
performance started lacking in second half. microphone picking up outside conversations. isolate the reading booth better. it started getting very distracting by the end. low rumble speaking overlapping the reader.
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- Xander
- 03-11-22
Easily the best audiobook version
I've tried to get into this as an audiobook previously and it just didn't work. Flemyng's narration is spot on and made this an easy listen, engaging, and well presented.
I really hope he's doing the other books in the series too
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- Robert
- 13-12-23
Can't follow it
It's a complete mess. So hard to know what is going on, feels like characters have multiple names, people pop from nowhere with no explanation. Narrator is far too fast and not distinct enough in transitions. Generally feels like it needed 20% more content to ground you and explain what was going on and for the narrator to be clearer.
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- jack hicken
- 19-09-22
lost
struggled to keep track of all the characters and where they were some chapters really jumped
Good story though just had to wrap my head round the time line a bit
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