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[kv]

Hey All,

 I know that Gibson is the grandfather of Shadowrun (a bastard child he refuses to acknowledge, I've heard), but I only this weekend ever picked up Neuromancer and read through it.

First, I have to say- WOW. Man, did they rip names directly from the pages! Also, I was surprised to see the term 'Microsoft' coined in the middle of the book- I was not expecting that at all.

But from the 'Nightwraiths,' to the Z-O, to Wintermute... and the obvious parallel between Dodger/Megara and Case/Wintermute, not to mention that Winter-mute/night, the attempt to destroy the matrix... I can't decide if it was a "Sorry about stealing your ideas, Gibson," or "One last time, Baby, it'll be good like before, I promise!"

Anyway, once the chock of how much was directly culled from the pages wore off, I started thinking about the ideas in the book itself. Has anyone else read it? Did anyone like or dislike it intently?

  - kv

[Zone]

I read all of Gibson once upon a time, but have not kept up with him.  He's far too inconsistant.  Neuromancer was okay but not great and to tell the truth the only other one I remember as being good enough to remember this long was Mona Lisa Overdrive.

_{Guilty secret - I actually kinda liked the Johnny Mnemonic movie}

[kv]

Hahahha... that's not a guilty secret- I liked it, too. I'm not on board with people who think that Keanu Reeves is stupid. And it had a monofilament whip.

I have a few more Gibson reads on my to-do list. Hopefully I'll be able to discuss them here, too!

  -kv

[Zone]

And it had a monofilament whip.

The reason one of my characters does too

[kv]

Yeah, I thought that it was cool that the guy got killed with his own whip- the Shadowrun rules make a big deal about those things being as dangerous to you as they are to other people- one of my brother's characters (not Ruski- one of my other brothers) had lost an arm to a monofilament whip (as part of the backstory explaining why he had an artifical arm), and was a lot of fun.

In any case, if you've read Neuromancer, are there other stories I should read? Maybe some that you can recommend I should try next?

  -kv

[Zone]

As I mentioned above.  Try Mona Lisa Overdrive it's related to Neuromancer as is Count Zero (which actually comes before MLO)  Also maybe Burning Chrome which is his short story anthology.  I tired the Difference Engine but couldn't get into it, maybe you can.