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Neuromancer
Neuromancer | William Gibson
Neuromancer is the multiple award-winning novel that launched the astonishing career of William Gibson. The first fully-realized glimpse of humankind's digital future, it is a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about our technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations. Now, for the first time, Ace Books is proud to present this groundbreaking literary achievement in a trade paperback edition.
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trifleneurotic
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"Neuromancer" is an acquired taste. You will get a bare minimum of exposition and either put it back on the shelf or let go, letting it take you along its dizzying course. The story pulses with neon action atop a subtle undercurrent of humanity. The beating heart is always there, however muted. "Neuromancer" is rewarding if you persevere, surrender and succumb to its world, which not all (understandably) will be willing to do.

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OriginalCyn620
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Pickpick

Was interested in this after reading that it was a major influence on the original Matrix movie. And like the first few times I saw The Matrix, I didn‘t grasp all of it, but I did understand it well enough that I wasn‘t totally lost! Definitely see how groundbreaking it was when it was published in 1984. I‘m glad I read it!

#bookspinbingo - #doublespin for this month
#pop24 - book with a 1-word title I had to look up in the dictionary

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 5mo
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booklover3258
Neuromancer (Anniversary) | William Gibson
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Bailedbailed

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/tDQypEQIEyM

Enjoy!

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 6mo
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CSeydel
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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#HyggeHour #AuldLangSpine

Thought I could read this during the game, but it requires intense concentration. Giving myself an hour to really get immersed. I think the plot is picking up and hopefully I‘ll start to understand more of what‘s going on as I become more invested.

CSeydel Update: well, I read one paragraph before I was lassoed to help with homework. While I was helping with homework, kid 2 reported that all the rain last week had caused a major leak in his room that he hadn‘t noticed until now, so I spent the next hour blow drying books and setting up fans to try to dry out the carpet 😩😖 9mo
AllDebooks Oh no. Reschedule for tonight x 9mo
Chrissyreadit ugh!!! I hope everything is dry now 🩵 9mo
CSeydel @AllDebooks I like the way you think! @Chrissyreadit I hope so too! I haven‘t been out there yet today. (His “room” is a little out-building behind our house). 9mo
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CSeydel
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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#HyggeHour

Today is certainly the perfect day for #hygge — I‘m in Southern California in the path of the “atmospheric river” bringing major storms. Rain and more rain! All day the phone has been buzzing with weather alerts, flood warnings and advisories to stay off the freeways.

I‘m in my new LLBean flannel pajamas that I got for Christmas 😍 and sipping candy cane green tea. And not thinking about how we‘re going to get to school tomorrow…

TheBookHippie Oy. I‘m glad you‘re safe and dry for now! I totally get the getting to school safely. 10mo
CSeydel @TheBookHippie The university is going online tomorrow - I don‘t know why the high schools don‘t do that also! My daughter‘s school always floods! 10mo
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TheBookHippie @CSeydel we‘ve had that with ice,fog, snow … it‘s so easy to go online! Ughhh 10mo
Amiable I got flannel PJs from LL Bean for Christmas, too! They‘re the bomb. 😍 10mo
Chrissyreadit 🤍🤍🤍🤍 10mo
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CSeydel
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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jack777
Neuromancer | William Gibson
Mehso-so

I know this is foundational af for sci-fi, essentially coining cyberpunk, but I think I really learned I'm not a huge sci-fi person. Some of the philosophical elements were cool and I did appreciate the way Gibson left descriptions of cyberspace often vague, allowing the book to remain undated way longer those most sci-fi. Wish there was more than one female character. Doesn't pass the Bechdel test lmao.

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Lizpixie
Neuromancer (Anniversary) | William Gibson
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Bk3 of #WinterGames is done. I‘m having an awful start to the games, sorry! Next book will be a Xmas theme though🤞Loved this classic Scifi, one of the first cyberpunk stories. He pretty much invented the terminology we use today like cyberspace, jacked in, AI,VR etc. Case is in a tailspin after having his ability to jack in stripped, until a girl with mirrored eyes & knives for nails gives him an offer he can‘t refuse. #TeamEvergreen 4246pts👇

TheSpineView Great classic! 🤩🤩🤩 11mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! I love a pretty naked hardback!! 11mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 11mo
Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 11mo
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mindduckbooks
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Love the concept, had a great time thinking about what it all means, hated the rad descriptions and felt very dumb and confused at times. The amazingly cool scenes and descriptions really are to it's determent. however, buried under them is a really clever and well constructed story.

check out our discussion about it on the Mind Duck Books podcast ep. 56: https://bit.ly/3SAO49T

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gilroyc
Neuromancer (Anniversary) | William Gibson

I kept being told I should read this.

#classic #sciencefiction #cyberpunk #thematrix

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RamsFan1963
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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1. Keanu Reeves
2. I think the tagged book would be perfect. He's already done movies like The Matrix and Johnny Mnemonic, he'd fit in perfectly with Gibson's future dystopia.
Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday
Tag everyone who hasn't played yet.

KathyWheeler I could definitely see him in Neuromancer. 1y
TheSpineView You're welcome! Excellent book choice for Reeves. 1y
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Decalino
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Despite being a SF fan since I was a kid, I somehow never read Neuromancer until now. First published in 1984, the story of a down-on-his-luck cyber cowboy caught up in a complex heist almost never reads as dated, even if we use fewer wires these days.The focus on AI is especially timely in this age of ChatGPT, but the flawed, desperate humans are what make the story timeless.

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Kitta
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Mehso-so

Finished this over the break but forgot to update here!

I was very confused for most of this book and had a hard time with it. All my friends rate it 5 ⭐️ but for me it‘s more a 3.

I‘ve had covid over the last week but finally feeling better! Fingers crossed I can go to work tomorrow.

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scottlm23
Neuromancer | William Gibson
Pickpick

I really enjoyed this book. Being a scifi classic, I'm not sure why it took me so long to read it.

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Kitta
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Been a while since I‘ve posted. Haven‘t been in the mood to read because of some personal stuff happening.

My friend at work leant me this and I‘m finally giving it a go! I love scifi so I hope I enjoy.

Ruthiella Hope things are looking up now. ❤️ 2y
Kitta @Ruthiella they are! Thanks. 2y
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BC_Dittemore
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Mehso-so

Considered a Sci-fi staple; the book that coined ‘cyberspace,‘ and birthed the cyberpunk genre.

Gibson‘s writing is vague and often confusing. Yet, there is something endearing in how it refuses to talk down to its audience, as if it‘s written for the people who live in the world Gibson creates. It‘s a tough read but I never felt myself wanting to quit even if I never quite knew what was happening.

Hard to recommend but still glad I read it.

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zgz
Neuromancer | William Gibson

Love it

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Eeberst
Neuromancer | William Gibson

I don‘t know if I‘m gonna be able to finish this one. It‘s very confusing and somewhat dull but I‘m trying to stick it out!

RamsFan1963 I always thought it was very overrated, since it's supposed to be the father of cyberpunk. 2y
Eeberst Agreed! 2y
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EmberIvyRose
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Pickpick

Mind blown, open wide.
This author coined the term "cyberspace". He vividly built a world that would be later called cyberpunk. This sci-fi classic was NOT an easy read for me, but worth it.

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TheNeverendingTBR
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Panpan

This book started off interesting but by the end it seemed convoluted, I've heard good things about it over the years but the writing style just isn‘t for me.

I found the story difficult to follow because it jumps around a lot.

There was potential for world building but I could never see it in my mind's eye, due to the poor writing which lacked the details.

The storyline could have been cool, but the author just complicates it.

DrexEdit I keep thinking I need to read William Gibson. He seems like canon somehow. Maybe the actual birth of a genre is not all that interesting though? 😄 Maybe you have to wait for others to pick up and refine it and make it interesting. Hmmmmm. . . 3y
TheNeverendingTBR @DrexEdit I guess it's all down to preference. 3y
RaeLovesToRead I also wasn't a fan. The funniest thing about it is that the MC keeps acquiring awesome weapons and then not using them. One weapon he literally acquires and then dumps in a bin. He has a friend with razor claws... do they see any action? Nooo. Chekhov would be most unimpressed. 3y
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TheNeverendingTBR @RaeLovesToRead I noticed this as well!! 😝 It could have been so good, but the authors writing was disappointing! 😏😏😏😏 3y
RaeLovesToRead Also, it wasn't at all clear what was going on a lot of the time! An influential book, for sure, but not at all fun to read 😒 3y
TracyReadsBooks I first picked up this book because it‘s the origination of cyberpunk and really thought I should read it. I liked (didn‘t love) it but had to read it twice before I got it. Even so, I‘m not entirely convinced I really got it…but reading it twice was enough. 😂🤷‍♀️ 3y
AmandaBlaze I read him as a teenager and loved him. It would be interesting to see what I think of him as an adult. 3y
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Matthew95
Neuromante | William Gibson
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"The sky above the harbor was the color of television tuned to a dead channel."

This is how the book that I have just started reading begins. A prophetic novel from many points of view, recognized by all as the rising star of cyberpunk.

#scifi #williamgibson #cyberpunk #noir #lightsofthenight

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AstarealDyrim
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Diving into the internet sounds terrifying but I have no doubt that if the technology was available now people would do it in a heartbeat. About halfway through!!

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jackday
Neuromancer | William Gibson
Mehso-so

I know this is foundational af for sci-fi, essentially coining cyberpunk, but I think I really learned I'm not a huge sci-fi person. Some of the philosophical elements were cool and I did appreciate the way Gibson left descriptions of cyberspace often vague, allowing the book to remain undated way longer those most sci-fi. Wish there was more than one female character. Doesn't pass the Bechdel test lmao.

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451Degrees
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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I can‘t quite describe this book in words that would summarize it in a complete and whole way. It reads like a modern sci-fi style book but the impact of it makes me think of modern classics like 1984 or Fahrenheit 451. The book leaves a lot to your own imagination, being vague in some areas but also extremely specific in others. I absolutely thought this book was an excellent read and look forward to reading it again!

Vansa So true. The best description I would be able to come up with would be 'The Matrix' but darker and grittier! 3y
451Degrees @Vansa Agreed! It‘s hard to capture it in words! 3y
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451Degrees
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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My favorite part about this book is Molly‘s obsession with breakfast😂 every chapter she mentions getting breakfast at any time of day and I love it😂 just leave the drugs out😬

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451Degrees
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Next book club pick! I have no idea what this book is about and have never heard of it before now. Going in blind we‘ll see how it goes ☺️ #bookclubpick #neuromancer

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Kaag
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Panpan

This book is undoubtedly influential as it advanced the genre and pretty much created a sub-genre. But I felt so detached the entire time. I could have taken my time and read a brief summary with definition of terms for each chapter but after I did that for part one and still didn‘t connect at all I plowed through quickly. I still did want to read it because it‘s foundational but even if everything was clear I still wouldn‘t rate it too highly.

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GatheringBooks
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susurran
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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The right side of my #NEUROMANCER collection, including the first paperback edition (black spine, far right) and the first copy I ever had signed in person by Gibson (far left). No other book has had such a profound impact on my life as NEUROMANCER has.

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Lizpixie
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#WinterGames2020 #The12ColoursOfDecember #Dec15 #Evergreen No holiday/winter themed book today but it‘s definitely green! A brilliant SciFi novel about a hacker left unable to log in after being caught stealing. So it‘s 11pts for Team #MerryReaders

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Lizpixie
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Thought I‘d attempt a photo challenge this month, let‘s see how many posts I make before entropy wins! #Day1 of #ForeverNovember was #StartsWithN I was late coming to this classic SciFi novel by William Gibson but it was worth the wait. A brilliant story that reminds of a cross between Blade Runner & Ready Player One. Highly recommend🙌

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cool cover!! 4y
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Eggs
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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I‘ve not read this but it is touted to be groundbreaking early AI fiction pub. in 1984 I believe.
#ifyoulikethis
#thematrix
@Klou

Klou I have heard of this one! 4y
Eggs @Klou It‘s new to me 🤔 4y
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OriginalCyn620
Neuromancer (Anniversary) | William Gibson
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#IfYouLikeThis #TheMatrix

This was one of the inspirations for The Matrix, and I‘ve never read it, but now I want to!

Klou This was a popular choice! 4y
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Jari-chan
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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The Neuromancer Trilogy formed not only the Sci-Fi genre and created Cyberpunk, but had also a great impact on other arts and our society.

My book actually is all three books in one and I'd recommend reading all parts as close as possible. The story is very complex, but fascinating from the beginning.

I already plan to reread it, since I admit that I didn't get everything that was going on.

Definitely a highlight!

Buechersuechtling I only know and have read volume 1 – which I loved in huge parts, although at a certain point I think that the story falls flat – would you name the other 2 for me❓ Thank you. 🙇🏽‍♀️ 4y
Jari-chan @Buechersuechtling In German the other two parts are called “Biochips“ and “Mona Lisa Overdrive“ - I'd recommend reading them as well :) 4y
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swynn
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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📖 Neuromancer (William Gibson)
✍️ Andre Norton
🎥 Night of the Living Dead
🎸 Nine Inch Nails
🎵 Never Gonna Stop (Rob Zombie)

#ManicMonday #LetterN @JoScho

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm You have excellent taste in music!! 🎵 🤘😆🤘 4y
JoScho Thanks for playing 💜 4y
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Jari-chan
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susurran "Then you've already learned an important lesson, for one so young." 4y
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ravenlee
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Mehso-so

Well, I finished it. I didn‘t enjoy it, I‘m not entirely sure what happened, but it‘s done. I can see why this was a seminal work, but I didn‘t like it. I‘m glad I didn‘t finish it for my class all those years ago, because I can‘t imagine having to write about it.

#bookspinbonanza 10/20, halfway there with ten days to go! Think I can get at least my next five.

TheAromaofBooks Sometimes you can appreciate the writing without really enjoying the story... good luck on the second half of the Bonanza! I'm still on book three! 😂 5y
RamsFan1963 @ravenlee It may be sacrilegious to some people, but I think the book is overrated. Yes it was very influential during the 80s cyberpunk phase, but as a book alone it's not that good a story. Gibson has written much better books since then. 5y
ravenlee @TheAromaofBooks I have often had the dichotomy of disliking a story while appreciating its writing (Madame Bovary for example), but I didn‘t like the writing here either. I get why it‘s important and I‘m glad I got through it, but...eh. 5y
ravenlee @RamsFan1963 I agree. I don‘t generally like sci-fi anyway, partly because I find too often the world-building minutiae overwhelm any kind of story or character development. Also I feel it ages more swiftly than other literature, which is definitely the case with this one. Honestly, it made me think of the movie Hackers, and how cheesy it was and I still like it, but it makes more sense to me than this world. 🤷🏻‍♀️ (edited) 5y
DaveGreen7777 I had a so-so reaction to this book as well. 😕 I thought some of the concepts were cool, but the characters were kind of bland to me, and overall I just wasn‘t very interested in what was happening. 5y
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ravenlee
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Starting this one, with some reservations. According to the almost-completely-faded receipt, I bought this in Dec 2003. It bookmarked page 30, which is as far as I got that time. It was for a sci-fi independent study with my absolute favorite lit professor, and the only book he assigned that I didn‘t finish (for that class). Fingers crossed for a better go this time - this is #bookspinbonanza 10 and my set in the future bingo space.

TheAromaofBooks Good luck!!! 5y
Hooked_on_books I also found a nearly faded 2003 receipt in a book this week! Only it wasn‘t mine. It was someone‘s library receipt from Half Moon Bay library, where I‘ve never been. I love that. 5y
ravenlee @Hooked_on_books I love finding things like that. Used books are awesome. 5y
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Lizpixie
Neuromancer (Anniversary) | William Gibson
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Now it‘s my #TopTenFictionOf2019 starting with 1. Gideon The Ninth. 2. Neuromancer. 3. The 4th Monkey. 4. The City Of Lost Fortunes. 5. All Systems Red(Murderbot No1). 6. Leviathan Wakes. 7. The Dakota Winters. 8. To Be Taught, If Fortunate. 9. If We Were Villains & finally 10. Dark Matter(Michelle Paver). I‘ve read 180 books so far this year, it was difficult narrowing them down. Most I‘ve given 4⭐️ in GR, it‘s been a very good reading year.

LeeRHarry 👏🏻👏🏻 Becky Chambers is on my list too! And I‘m reading Murderbot for next month‘s book group 😊 Stay cool and I hope the fires aren‘t as bad as predicted 😔 5y
Cinfhen Did not read ANY of these 🙈 5y
Suet624 You‘ve read an amazing number of books! 5y
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speljamr
Neuromancer (Anniversary) | William Gibson
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William Gibson library giveaway! Click this link to enter if you're interested:
https://sweeps.penguinrandomhouse.com/enter/gibson-giveaway-all?ref=PRHBCAA73F37...

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Lizpixie
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Congratulations to @GrilledCheeseSamurai on your Litfluence milestone! Litsy means so much to me, as a chronic illness sufferer, I‘m pretty much housebound & on my own a lot. Litsy has opened up my world again, it‘s given me friends from all over the world,so many book recommendations I‘m having trouble negotiating my library without being buried & support whenever I‘m having a tough day. I‘m tagging @bookladyreads a newbie litten
#SixDigitSamurai

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AdaChivers
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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Mehso-so

Another re read for my sci-fi book club...
It was fun but not as good as I remembered.
In the picture, my old, 90's, Brazilian edition.

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Lizpixie
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I think I‘m probably the last litten to post their #Top6Reads of 2019 so far. Took me a bit to narrow it down, according to my GoodReads challenge, I‘ve read 68 books since Jan 1st. Rating them 1-6 is -Neuromancer(fantastic), All Systems Red(Murderbot rules), Chernobyl(nuclear nightmare), Song Of Achilles(Greek love), Ruby Ridge(scary siege) & Six Of Crows(Oceans11 on ice). Highly recommend all six! 10⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

GlassAsDiamonds 🤦🏻‍♀️ Actually .... I haven‘t posted mine either!!!! 😂😂😂 Thanks for the reminder!! (Also - Six of Crows!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 and it‘s a good thing I didn‘t read this BEFORE I‘d left the bookstore ... I have Chernobyl in my hand 😂🤦🏻‍♀️😂). (edited) 5y
Megabooks Just checked Ruby Ridge out from the library! Thanks! 5y
Cinfhen Better late than never and they all sound fabulous ♥️thanks for sharing 5y
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underthebelljar
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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I stuck with it and got sucked in! Still a little confused at times but the author explains things as the story goes.

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underthebelljar
Neuromancer | William Gibson
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So I started Neuromancer... and honestly a lot of it is going over my head I think... ??‍♀️ I‘m going to keep trying though because it‘s a buddy read with my fiancé

Lindy It‘s the kind of book that drops you right in the middle of things. Trust the author; he brings it all together. I found it exhilarating. 5y
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