The Neuromancer
"The Neuromancer" follows Case, a washed-up computer hacker hired by a mysterious employer to pull off the ultimate hack. Set in a dystopian future where cyberspace is a digital frontier, Case navigates a world of artificial intelligence, corporate espionage, and a seductive virtual reality. The novel explores themes of consciousness, identity, and the fusion of man and machine.
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Key Insights & Memorable Quotes
Below are the most impactful passages and quotes from The Neuromancer, carefully selected to capture the essence of the book.
The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed.
Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation.
The matrix has its roots in primitive arcade games.
There’s no such thing as an unhackable system.
We have always already been in the posthuman.
The street finds its own uses for things.
She was a real human being, and I was a real human being.
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
I’d rather be a cyborg than a goddess.
Ninety percent of the world’s population has a body in cyberspace.