Neuromancer

Unlike Digital Sensations, I’m looking forward to reading Neuromancer since it seems like the cult classic “mother of all science-fiction relating to the internet,” making Gibson the father of the internet. Everything about the book seems right – the year it was published, 1984, was two years after Blade Runner and the year that Apple launched that great commercial and the start of the affordable ubiquitous personal computer. My worry is that the characters won’t be as interesting as the digital environment being created from Gibson’s mind or that the book won’t live up to its hype.