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Bros Before Prose

Jeremy White; Jonah White

28 episodes

3 months ago

Put a dent in your reading backlog with brothers Jeremy and Jonah! Read along as we pick a book, break it down into readable chunks, and then share our impressions. Get your fortnightly fantasy and sci-fi fix!

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"Neuromancer" by William Gibson - Part 1/2

Bros Before Prose

55 minutes 56 seconds

6 months ago

"Neuromancer" by William Gibson - Part 1/2

This week we discuss the first three parts(chs 1-12) of Neuromancer by William Gibson. We try to figure out what is happening, fail spectacularly, and wonder if maybe the real plot starts in Part 3.

Time Codes

01:31 History of Cyberpunk
04:15 Summary
09:02 Pain points
17:55 What is the plan?
18:51 What was the Flatline?
22:23 What’s Riviera’s deal?
23:37 What’s the goal?
25:34 Wintermute
30:38 It gets better in Part 3
33:01 Do the characters suck?
40:01 It should have started in Part 3
42:26 Hacking was the best part
45:56 Coincidences
49:53 Future Reading
52:02 The Cliffhanger
52:58 The World Tour
54:45 Wrap-up

Next Read: Neuromancer Chs 13-24

Next time we will be finishing Neuromancer, reading chapters 13-24.

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