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creamfresh

creamfresh@books.theunseen.city

Joined 1 year, 3 months ago

Nice to meet you! I'm creamfresh and I like science fiction, especially cyberpunk, but I also love the Discworld series. I'm always ready to broaden my horizon with non-fiction, especially when I don't agree with the politics of a given book. Some classics might also slip through. I am trying to get into the habit of writing reviews for the books I've read and I will amend some for the books I already marked as read. My native Language is German, but I always prefer reading the original version, so most of my books will be in English. I also read Manga, but I will only add the first volume of a series if I finish it, because i can't be bothered otherwise.

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Count Zero (Sprawl, #2) (2017, GOLLANCZ) 4 stars

Count Zero is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, originally published in …

Another look into the world of Neuromancer: hackers, mercs and corporations

5 stars

Lovely read, recommended for those that liked Neuromancer and those that tried to like it. It works standalone and might be worth a try if, like me, you had trouble getting through the first part.

Three stories, that seem unrelated at first but interweave beautifully towards the end, each contributing to the satisfying ending. Each story expands on a different part of the retro futuristic vision Gibson established in Neuromancer. We explore different locations in America (mainly the sprawl of the east coast, between Boston and New York), Paris, Brussels and Earth's orbit, through the eyes of a newbie hacker, a mercenary and an art curator.

In a way the world feels more grounded than in Neuromancer, while the themes are even more esoteric. Gibson foregoes technical feasibility in favour of something that could be described as cyber-magic. Sure, you could potentially try to explain how jockeys establish some kind …