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I've also been disappointed by Neuromancer. I consider his other books better, for example Idoru (YES, you can write a book about the Japanese without uttering the word "katana" ! Amazing). But perhaps even better are Gibson's short stories. Dogfight was amazing, and I can't say why without spoiling anything. I also liked The Belonging Kind.
I think that Neuromancer was influential in the same way Citizen Kane was. It pioneered certain ideas and spread them so much to the point where it stops looking interesting. I watched Citizen Kane and I was mildly bored. I guess to enjoy it you would have to either a) know a lot about American culture and history or b) see the movie in the context of the movies of the era.
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