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As I reached the end of William Gibson’s Neuromancer, I was struck by the novel’s interesting use of time.  Throughout the story, the measure of time was shown as a fluid concept, starting with the abstract Dali clock hanging at Julius Deane’s place.  Defeating its purpose, “it never told the correct time” (12).  Back in […] Continue reading →

   Having read a few novels that fall into the cyberpunk genre, I was not completely taken aback by Gibson’s total immersion technique in Neuromancer.  However, this is not to say, by any means, that I was not confused by … Continue reading → Continue reading →

   Having read a few novels that fall into the cyberpunk genre, I was not completely taken aback by Gibson’s total immersion technique in Neuromancer.  However, this is not to say, by any means, that I was not confused by … Continue reading → Continue reading →

“I am an invisible man.  No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allen Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms.  I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids – … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m a person of theater. Every single major creative endeavor I’ve ever done in my life has been in some way connected to the study of the Theatrical Arts. In my time as a theater student, I’ve taken a few acting classes here and there along the way. One consistent aspect of those classes is […] Continue reading →

The particulars of why Neuromancer is such a challenging read comes from the vernacular and conventions that Gibson employs. A prime example of this is in chapter titled FIVE, about 6 paragraphs down in my version. Gibson uses common language … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Nadine and I, along with Jessica and Ashley, had briefly discussed Gibson’s Neuromancer at the beginning of another class.  I had enjoyed Neuromancer, and in particular Gibson’s conventions.  However, as our class discussion on Tuesday, as well as the out … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve enjoyed reading the first 12 chapters of Neuromancer, but I do find myself having to reread several pages and having difficulty visualizing certain parts. In the first chapters, this was mainly due to the Japanese references as we had discussed in class. Moving to chapters 7-12, my confusion continued. First, when the team traveled […] Continue reading →

William Gibson’s Neuromancer continues its difficult ways in the second assigned section, Chapters 7-12.  As I read on, it becomes blatantly clear that Gibson is purposely trying to keep the reader off-balance and overwhelmed.  Similar to the first section, my biggest challenge has been the quickly shifting scenes.  One of the clearest examples of this […] Continue reading →

As I continue reading through Neuromancer, there are no new difficulties I am having, but the biggest issues from the first section are still present; however, now they seem amplified. For instance, the first section was difficult because the language … Continue reading → Continue reading →