It always surprises me when people say "Neuromancer," in response to this type of question because I don't know anybody who actually thinks it's a great book, so it feels like a reaction against a position that doesn't exist. I'm a huge fan of Gibson in general, but even I don't think it's a great book. I think it was in some ways seminal, and I've seen other people refer to it in the same sort of way, and I think a lot of people who read it when it first came out found it to be important to them and their development within the context of the time, but I think that's different from saying that it's a great, enjoyable novel.
Personally, I think he really honed his writing chops over time, and if I were to recommend books of his to someone, they'd all be much more recent works. (For example, I really love Pattern Recognition.)
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Date: 2012-02-27 04:51 pm (UTC)Personally, I think he really honed his writing chops over time, and if I were to recommend books of his to someone, they'd all be much more recent works. (For example, I really love Pattern Recognition.)