Picked up a library hold today, a copy of Neuromancer by William Gibson, never read it before. https://mastodon.zombocloud.com/media/CVTPxm3TsJLbkMSZdZU
@elomatreb yeah a very cool cover
@staticsafe I hear that's The Cyberpunk Book but haven't gotten around to reading it myself
may the journey treat you well <3
@staticsafe Excellent work.
I like the Virtual Light ->Idoru -> All Tomorrow's Parties arc a little more myself...
@staticsafe o i have that same edition :) i still haven't finished because i'm slow / bad at making time for reading
@tcql I have been pretty bad at making time for reading for a last few years, slowly getting back into it recently and its been a good time
The book I am currently reading is Autonomous by Annalee Newitz, the reason I put a hold on Neuromancer was because of this quote on the cover of Autonomous:
"Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the Internet" -- Neal Stephenson
noticed that the copy of Neuromancer had a maple leaf sticker on it's spine which indicates a book written by a Canadian author
opened up Gibson's Wikipedia page and the story of how he ended up in Canada is very interesting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Draft-dodging,_exile,_and_counterculture
@staticsafe those are both excellent books. you are in for tons of fun.
let us know what you think of neuromancer... I'm curious to see how it lands on someone who's seen/read all the stuff it's influenced but never read it.
@staticsafe which is, of course, a long-winded way to squee that somebody is getting to read one of my very favorite books for the first time.
Loving the cover art!
@staticsafe i love neuromancer! found it in the basement of my parents house as a kid and was immediately obsessed with it
if you like it and/or haven't already, check out pattern recognition next - it's my favorite william gibson book and probably one of my favorite books in general
@staticsafe that is a really gorgeous cover
@wolfteeth @staticsafe ohhhhhhh that's the penguin books galaxy edition!! it's really cool but sorta sad bc they don't have the other 2 sprawl books
@staticsafe Mmh that's a nice cover