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William Gibson.

Not crap, unquestionably.

N/C, WF 3 for having some characters who I couldn't give a fuck about, thus making it slightly hard to care about finishing the book.

I have read the books, and discovered something new each time.

That gives it a Not Crap from me.

Neuromancer is a great book. I may have one or two others by WG, but its the only one that left a lasting impression.

so far i've only read Burning Chrome and it was much better than i'd expected...i plan on reading Neuromancer and its trilogy fairly soon...so far NOT CRAP...

robert thefamilyghost wrote:so far i've only read Burning Chrome and it was much better than i'd expected...i plan on reading Neuromancer and its trilogy fairly soon...so far NOT CRAP...

In my opinion, Burning Chrome was good, but not as good as his full-story books. Certainly an easier read.

Count Zero seems to be the easiest intro to Gibson for most of the uninitiated.

rocker654 wrote:In my opinion, Burning Chrome was good, but not as good as his full-story books. Certainly an easier read.

Count Zero seems to be the easiest intro to Gibson for most of the uninitiated.

i'd sort of pseudo-dismissed him for years or at least put off reading him, expecting kind of a watered-down Philip K. Dick, which he wasn't...i plan on reading Count Zero after Neuromancer (as it's the second part of that trilogy thingie...and yes, i have it mapped out in my very long books-to-read queue...though Neuromancer is only 16 books away...probably a bit excessive in detail, but there you go...)

as far as easy reads go that's not much of a concern of mine...often the more confused i am in the midst of a book the more i enjoy it...

I have enjoyed this man's writing. I have Virtual Light in my que of books.

I've read most of Gibson's writings, but Pattern Recognition was by far one of the top books that I read the year it came out.

Not Crap