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CyberpunkDad · 11-20-2010, 10:23 PM

Let's leave religious texts out of this one. What is the #1 book that you absolutely HAD to have for your Kindle? This is a book you love and will read over and over. What book is it?

I'm sure this has been done before, but I hope to get some good book ideas, no not good books, books that people passionately love. Why? Lots of good books out there, I'd rather avoid some of the chaf and focus on the wheat.

I'll give my answer to kick it off.

Book Name: Neuromancer
Author: William Gibson

Here is a nice description of it from the net:
Neuromancer by William Gibson is the most famous early cyberpunk novel and won the so-called science-fiction “triple crown” (the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, and the Hugo Award) after being published in 1984. It was Gibson’s first novel and the start of The Sprawl trilogy.

Set amidst the cities of a future world that many readers see as dystopian and find chillingly plausible, Neuromancer tells the story of Case, an out-of-work computer hacker hired by an unknown patron to participate in a seemingly impossible crime.

The novel examines the concepts of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, genetic engineering, multinational corporations overpowering the traditional nation-state and cyberspace (a computer network called the matrix) long before these ideas were fashionable in popular culture.

Gibson also explores the dehumanizing effects of a world dominated by ubiquitous and cheap technology, writing of a future where violence and the free market are the only things upon which one may rely, and in which the dystopian elements of society are counterbalanced by an energy and diversity that is perversely attractive (and provides some of the book’s appeal).

A close 2nd, 1984.

11-20-2010, 10:23 PM	#1
CyberpunkDad Neuromancer Fanboi Posts: 49 Karma: 480 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3 / 3G	*Answer this Question: What is the one Book you HAD* to have for your Kindle? Let's leave religious texts out of this one. What is the #1 book that you absolutely HAD** to have for your Kindle? This is a book you love and will read over and over. What book is it? I'm sure this has been done before, but I hope to get some good book ideas, no not good books, books that people passionately love. Why? Lots of good books out there, I'd rather avoid some of the chaf and focus on the wheat. I'll give my answer to kick it off. Book Name: Neuromancer Author: William Gibson Here is a nice description of it from the net: Neuromancer by William Gibson is the most famous early cyberpunk novel and won the so-called science-fiction “triple crown” (the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, and the Hugo Award) after being published in 1984. It was Gibson’s first novel and the start of The Sprawl trilogy. Set amidst the cities of a future world that many readers see as dystopian and find chillingly plausible, Neuromancer tells the story of Case, an out-of-work computer hacker hired by an unknown patron to participate in a seemingly impossible crime. The novel examines the concepts of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, genetic engineering, multinational corporations overpowering the traditional nation-state and cyberspace (a computer network called the matrix) long before these ideas were fashionable in popular culture. Gibson also explores the dehumanizing effects of a world dominated by ubiquitous and cheap technology, writing of a future where violence and the free market are the only things upon which one may rely, and in which the dystopian elements of society are counterbalanced by an energy and diversity that is perversely attractive (and provides some of the book’s appeal). A close 2nd, 1984.