Neuromancer was an interesting beast. First of all, Gibson's writing is sheer poetry, so I ended up treating it more as a series of beautiful vignettes instead of a cohesive novel. Second, having obviously not grown up in the era that the book came out, I had to do a bit of reading to understand the impact and significance of Neuromancer as a cultural piece of literature.
I think it definitely warrants a revisit at some point, as it seems like one of those novels that just gets better every time you read it.
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