Picked up a library hold today, a copy of Neuromancer by William Gibson, never read it before. https://mastodon.zombocloud.com/media/CVTPxm3TsJLbkMSZdZU
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
@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.
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