Neuromancer
A cyberpunk science fiction novel by William Gibson, considered a foundational work in the genre.
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How Neuromancer compares
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Snow Crash
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cyberpunk novel about metaverse
Max sees Neuromancer as offering a different vision of a plug-in future than Snow Crash.
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Max sees Neuromancer as offering a different vision of a plug-in future than Snow Crash.
"Also, by the way, first book I read when I came to the US. 'Have you read Neuromancer? Have you seen Akira?' And they're like, 'No. Hasn't made it to Soviet Union yet.' 'Okay, here's a VHS of Akira. Here's a copy of Neuromancer. Go home...."
Compared to Snow Crash as offering different vision of plug-in future
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"Also, by the way, first book I read when I came to the US. 'Have you read Neuromancer? Have you seen Akira?' And they're like, 'No. Hasn't made it to Soviet Union yet.' 'Okay, here's a VHS of Akira. Here's a copy of Neuromancer. Go home. Don't com..."
More from Max Levchin →"Books like Neuromancer and then the original Star Trek. I think about that a lot."
More from Tibo Sottiaux →"It's a great time for Apple TV to now have an adaptation of Neuromancer coming out. William Gibson talked about the Turing Police in his novels."
More from Alex Stamos →"Nerds are super pumped. This is like the story where the Matrix and stuff came out of this. It's going to be a TV show actually. It's not even a movie. The term cyberspace came out of that book."
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