Upper Middlebrow

Upper Middlebrow


Episode 29: “Blind Animal Panic,” or William Gibson’s Neuromancer, Part I

September 11, 2023

Dukes and Bagg return to William Gibson’s groundbreaking 1984 novel, that popularized the cyberpunk genre. The reviews are mixed. There are moments of brilliance, but does the young Gibson’s drive to “put a hook on every page” lead to more confusion than clarity?