Comment by viccis

Comment by viccis 7 hours ago

I listened to Neuromancer on a long drive one time, and I will say that it's a wonderful book but not one that's particularly suited to the audiobook medium. It's hard to follow at times because it avoids a lot of big picture narrative and instead focuses on very small scale scenes of events happening within a broader story. It means that it can be confusing at times, as you are often as in the dark as the characters are.

This is an abridged version, so maybe it streamlines some aspects of the narrative, so take that into account.

sien 6 hours ago

There is a BBC Audio drama of Neuromancer that is 1:56 long.

It is excellent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S89BHnaxULo

I haven't listened to the audio book of Neuromancer but I re-read it a few weeks back. The audio play I still go back to once in a while as well.

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LiquidSky 3 hours ago

Two minutes hardly seems enough time to do the story justice.

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kogus 14 minutes ago

I had to read Neuromancer twice; once to learn the world, then once to actually enjoy the story.

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guerrilla 6 hours ago

I also listened to it as an audiobook and while I very much got the vibe, I have no idea what was going on, which is kinda rare (I listen to a lot of audiobooks). It's as if I didn't even read it... buy kinda did. I duno.

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reportingsjr 5 hours ago

I had the same experience reading neuromancer in the last year. I felt like I got the vibe of what was going on, but struggled to understand the details and figure out what was actually happening in the story.

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- shmerl 4 hours ago
  
  I think ambiguity is somewhat intended. It also is continued in the rest of the trilogy. Some things are clearly left for the reader to guess or to interpret. It does make it a not very easy read.
  
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GuinansEyebrows 6 hours ago

i've read neuromancer at least five times and i still feel like i never actually read it. it's a weirdly-written book with little environmental exposition - but i still love it.

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- prettyblocks 4 hours ago
  
  Came to say exactly this. It's my favorite, but I still feel like I haven't read it after like 5 reads.
  
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  mindcrime 3 hours ago
  
  Same. I've probably read it 7 times now, counting a recent listen to the audiobook version on Youtube mentioned above. And I could still read it again tomorrow and I think I'd feel like it was a brand new story.
  And truth be told, I probably will read it again, although it might not be tomorrow. :-)
  
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kovac 3 hours ago

I thought it was just me. I gave up on reading the book midway,because I was confused most of the time, and found it hard to engage.

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whartung 7 hours ago

I’ve tried to listen to a book on tape on a long drive twice. And each time I was lucky to not drive into an abutment. For whatever reason, the droning just knocks me unconscious.

Talk radio is ok, sports radio. I’ve listened to more radio plays with multiple speakers. Those are ok.

But books on tape, nope. Too dangerous for me.

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