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پیر 7 اپریل 2003Monday, April 07, 2003
Book Review: Neuromancer
I finished reading Neuromancer by William Gibson this weekend. I am a big fan of science fiction, but don’t particularly like cyberpunk. Hence, this book was a surprise for me. I liked it a lot. It definitely grabs your attention. I read it in two sessions, on the way to Jersey and back. And guess what: William Gibson has a blog.
Next on my SF reading list: Either Gibson’s Pattern Recognition or Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon.
Posted by Zack at April 7, 2003 8:57 PM in Books
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Comments
Posted by: Zaki (1 comments) at April 9, 2003 8:09 AM
Zaki: Thanks for your comments. I can’t promise but I’ll try to write a more detailed review later. I am pretty busy nowadays and that’s the reason I haven’t blogged much recently.
Posted by: Zack (1792 comments) at April 11, 2003 1:59 AM
Have you read Stephenson’s Snow Crash yet Zack?
Posted by: Jim (3 comments) at April 13, 2003 4:48 PM
Jim: No I haven’t. I hear it’s pretty good. What are your thoughts?
Posted by: Zack (1792 comments) at April 14, 2003 12:19 AM
Anything by Stephenson is very good.
As for Gibson, I liked Count Zero better than Neuromancer, but everything in that series is good.
Have you read Bruce Sterling?
Posted by: Yehudit (2 comments) at April 25, 2003 12:44 AM
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Good for you. It’s good to know another Muslim is interested in science fiction. I’d look to see how you, as a Muslim, deal with SF issues.
Can you comment more on Neuromancer? What’s your view on the book? Can you please make a blog based on your review of Neuromancer?