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[Mark Kohut]

Hey Becky,

I can add this from knowledge: the book was aimed at, basically, sci-fi readers of all ages. Computer types, mostly guys, were early word-of-mouth readers. My computer teacher in NY a decade later, was an " early adopter" fan. 

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> On Oct 30, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekker2 at icloud.com> wrote:
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> I just read Neuromancer recently  - in prep for The Peripheral.   Yes,  in the long run it does hold up after 30 years, but I much prefer his Bigend trilogy.  The Peripheral is new ground, I think.   Amazing what Gibson projected back in, okay -  "1984,”  also the same year the stories in Mitchell’s The Bone Clocks open - heh.  
> 
> From my own review of Neuromancer:    
> "When this ground-breaking novel was published in 1984 there were no cell phones as we know them,  the first Macintosh was released, video games were in their prime ( home- programers could code simple ones) .  The basics of computer programming were becoming known to a larger public,  the internet was coming together (networked banks, universities and military) and with Neuromancer, Gibson provided the word “cyberspace.” The development of Artificial Intelligence had stalled,  but there was huge interest in some circles.  The book was aimed at high school and college age males who popularized it by word of mouth."
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> http://beckylindroos.wordpress.com/102014-2/12237-2/
> Bekah 
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>> On Oct 30, 2014, at 4:09 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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