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Jan 07, 2018
Reading William Gibson’s Neuromancer was for me a disorienting yet extremely rewarding experience. Right at the beginning of the book William Gibson introduces many new words and slang phrases to describe the futuristic world that the protagonist Case lives in. Names like “I.C.E”,“cyberspace” and phrases like “jacking in” threw me off at first but the neologisms in Neuromancer were very fun terms once I figured out what they meant. The story of Case is just as confusing and enjoyable as the rest of the book. He rapidly moves from being a burned out “console cowboy” (computer hacker) stuck in a rut after a botched infiltration attempt to being used for his skills to merge otherworldly intelligence AI together. Motivated to take on risky tasks so that he can connect with technology and feel truly human, Case is easy to empathize with since losing ones ability to truly think would feel suffocating. Overall I think Neuromancer, although quite confusing at first while the world is being introduced, turns into a riveting read once you get caught up in Case’s troubles and yearning to be connected to technology to feel fully himself. -@CookieMonster of The Hamilton Public Library's Teen Review Board