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Za_Lords_Guard t1_iy6tdtg wrote

Nah. Different people view it differently. The plot isn't crazy complex. Character development is easy to follow. In my opinion, some people get choked up on how hyper-descriptive Gibson is. I love it. He is one of my favorite mind-candy reads.

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PCouture t1_iy75m6v wrote

“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

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Za_Lords_Guard t1_iy78hhv wrote

The sad part is that younger generations would expect that to be a blue "no signal" screen. But that line sets the stage so well.

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PCouture t1_iy7az9l wrote

"The ocean below the port was the color of a television, unable to get a signal from HDMI 1"

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Loan-Cute t1_iy9h4ck wrote

I think one of Neil Gaiman's books opens with just that "the sky was the blue of a television turned to a dead channel", as an homage. Neverwhere maybe?

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_iyb6kc1 wrote

I remember someone going "HA! If they're l33t haxxors, then why don't they have smartphones?"

Then everyone pointed out those are basically tracking devices...

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mykepagan t1_iy895gj wrote

I had to explain that one to my daughter when she read Neuromancer in 2017. She was like: “The sky was black?. I wanted to find something to demonstrate TV static… had to go to Youtube. No CRTs left in my house!

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mikeyboi2567 OP t1_iy6tmle wrote

i love his prose and descriptions as well I think it really shows a feeling of being on edge and uncomfortable with the long sentences and lots of words. it’s great

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Za_Lords_Guard t1_iy6u3rq wrote

Check out Pattern Recognition by Gibson. Not hard aci-fi, but so very engrossing. More complexity on plot, same lovely language. His description of jet lag alone sums it up in a way I never thought about, but is perfect.

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CJ_Thompson t1_iy7ncj6 wrote

An author you might like,if you haven’t read already, is China Mieville. Fantastic descriptions and a whole new perspective.

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky is an interesting read also.

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