What Ever Happened to Neuromancer?

The shadowy world of Neuromancer, the groundbreaking cyberpunk novel ignited a genre. William Gibson's timeless masterpiece, a story of down-on-his-luck hackers, vast artificial intelligence, and the neon-drenched dystopia it controls. From its humble beginnings as a genre-defining work to its lasting influence on sci-fi and beyond, let's explore the dark, thrilling history of Neuromancer.
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[@IISHOUTII]

What a strange world we live in were a mega corporation like Apple would develop an adaptation of a novel against mega corporations.

[@mheiseus]

Gibson literally typed the book on an old school typewriter... He predicted cyberpunk and so far his predictions are coming true

[@exitsexamined]

I'd love to see a modern interview with him and his take on how cyberpunk as a whole has morphed and become a bit of a cultural force lately

[@Ghostie.]

Neuromancer is my favorite book of all time. Shout out to one of my high school teachers for picking it out and handing it to me one day after class. I didn't read it till years later and it's been in my waking thoughts ever since.

[@exitsexamined]

Wow, so much respect to that teacher. Wish I had it on my reading list in high school. Did you get a chance to check out the rest of the trilogy?

[@nicholasbarton3184]

Nermancer blew me away when I first read it. Had no idea it was part of a trilogy or about the new series! Awesome stuff as always!

[@exitsexamined]

Glad you enjoyed it! I didn't realize either!

[@rio425ee]

I swear to God if apple tv manages to drop the ball on the necromancer adaptation I'll lose my shit

[@exitsexamined]

I think alot of us will feel the same haha. Tbh I don't know if I've watched a single Apple TV show, hopefully they are decent quality? But yea would be great to finally get a good show in the setting

[@cloudbloom]

Snow Crash was my first cyberpunk novel and still a huge favorite, then I read Neuromancer it's amazing *nice shots of 12 Monkeys, that's a great movie

[@exitsexamined]

Thanks so much for shouting out Snow Crash! It was not on my radar and I just checked it out. So glad someone latched onto the 12 monkeys, can't say how much pleasure it brought me to finally be able to include it in one of my videos haha

[@cloudbloom]

@@exitsexamined hell yeah I've seen 12 Monkeys probably 30 times it's one of those movies I could put on when I wasn't feeling like something new haha

[@DripCoffee]

Oh man, this channel! Amazing work man the subject matter is so relevant to a old school nerds interest! (Born in 82 heheh)

[@exitsexamined]

Welcome aboard! So cool to put these videos out and see people who vibe with these series that I love!

[@ghost_in_the_robot]

Nice video. I love your series and how you explore these forgotten corridors and passages like a cultural warehouse for storing paradigm shifts. Taking apart the fundamental aspects of why something is nostalgic in the first place or comparing the medium with other similar artworks. Just like I'm about to do, you should check out Dark City if you love nior and cyberpunk, friend! Keep the videos coming, subbed immediately.

[@exitsexamined]

Hey thanks so much for the kind words! I agree, it's important to stop and appreciate the full stories of some of our past media to understand how it influences culture today. I just did a quick research of Dark City and it looks so cool! I'm 100% going to watch it. Thanks so much for the sub btw!

[@ghost_in_the_robot]

@@exitsexamined No problem, brother. I literally had an idea for a channel like this a long time ago, but you've taken it to another level! I bet it will grow fast because people love vaporwave aesthetic (maybe you could do a video on that?) and retro stuff like dead shopping malls because it allows us to put on those rose tinted glasses, if only temporarily. Glad you're gonna watch Dark City, thought it might be up your alley!

[@ruxcooking]

Loved this book. Still trying to create a proper stepping razor build in cyberpunk 2077

[@exitsexamined]

My character is literally a molly roleplay haha

[@atompunk5575]

It was hard for me to read neuromancer because how O.G. it was, like driving an classic car. I never finished Neuromancer, but i did read the other two books; *Count Zero* and *Mona Lisa Overdrive* But my go-to book by Gibson wasn't even his other books, but the short story *The Gernsback Continuum* now that man me think and her understood retrofuturism to a Tee, made me think

[@a.m.pietroschek1972]

My concept of `wife´ is to this day inspired by Wintermute and other sources not all would agree with. 🤣

[@coolnegative]

Great video. Even though i didn't really care for the book, i absolutely agree at how visionary, even prophetic, if you will, this novel is. Influencing generations of story tellers.

[@exitsexamined]

Hey thank you so much for the kind words and watching the video. It is crazy just the sheer amount of science fiction has been written and out of all it Gibson was probably one of the most accurate in predicting things. Let's just hope he's not right about AI lol

[@coolnegative]

@@exitsexamined for sure! Seriously though, I actually worry just a pinch about all the AI engines coming out that are by so many developers, that one of 'em will eventually become self aware. Seriously, sci-fi literature has been uncannily accurate about so much. Maybe it's a time loop, like the AI sends itself back in time to direct things to bring itself into being. So if there was no AI, then it can't go back in time to create itself, so it gets stuck going around and around!🤯😨 Skynet is real, yo!!!

[@richardgoulding3838]

What a coincidence, I just finished reading Neuromancer (for the first time) a few days ago and am now reading Count Zero. Gibson’s writing style reminds me of Raymond Chandler; it’s like an old noir thriller from the 1940’s but set in a not too distant future.

[@exitsexamined]

Oh nice! If you like his writing and haven't already I'd rec Burning Chrome! Haven't checked out Raymond Chandler, sounds extremely interesting

[@daphne8406]

It is quite interesting if AppleTV will adapt the book into a series. Even though they made many changes, I think they did a great job with adapting Asimovs The Foundation into a series. I thought the quality and acting were quite good. So I have some expectations for this adaptation as well regarding the quality of the series they will produce 🤔

[@exitsexamined]

Good to hear Apple seems to do a generally pretty good job. I think to fit it into a TV series they would have to make a good amount of changes to this one too. We can just cross our fingers and hope

[@Dayshan]

As much as I love high fantasy, Sci-fi will always be my first love. Actually got introduced to Neuromancer very late, when I started playing the Shadowrun games

[@exitsexamined]

That's awesome you got into from Shadowrun, I feel like recently a ton of people get into from Cyberpunk (and nothing wrong with that) What other sci-fi are you into? Looking for more sci-fi series to do for the channel!

[@Dayshan]

Mmm, I guess Id have to say the original Fallouts. At the time I was also really into another game, Arcanum: Of Steamworks & magic Obscura but thats steampunk 😅

[@bibbyboxx2219]

Nice video. I read Neuromancer recently and adored it. I really enjoyed Case and Molly as characters, didn’t find them one dimensional at all. And of course the plot and themes and prose and worldbuilding are top notch. I’m interested to see what the show will look like.

[@exitsexamined]

Thanks so much! I actually felt the exact same way and had no compliments about the characters. Really enjoyed how so much of their stories were left up to the imagination. Did you read the other books? Molly's story gets fleshed out a bit more

[@bibbyboxx2219]

@@exitsexamined Not yet! Though I just ordered Count Zero the other day so I’m hoping to get back to the world of the Sprawl soon. I can’t wait to see what Molly gets up to in Mona Lisa Overdrive.

[@danieldejesusfigueredoorop1428]

Whatever happened to Neuromancer? It became reality.

[@dycebastion]

Johnny mnemonic was set in the same universe, so there’s kind of been a tie in 🤔

[@exitsexamined]

Same with Burning Chrome! But those were written before Neuromancer - in a way Neuromancer is a tie-in to Burning Chrome I guess if you look at like that haha

[@GoryWory]

I tried 3 times to read it, it didn't do it's 'magic' As you said characters are really 1dimensional

[@exitsexamined]

It's OK to bounce off some things - it's not for everyone. Maybe if you try to pick it up again at another point in your life it might connect with you, maybe not! What other types of books are you into?

[@exitsexamined]

And totally agree

[@LCR-iy6xq]

Not everything has to become a franchise This whole channel operates on a flawed, modern assumption.

[@exitsexamined]

I would agree with you, I don't think everything can or should be made about the franchise! I view this channel not as arguing for franchise but rather exploring the history and stories of incredible media from the past. This does involve looking at the future of these series as well and seeing if there's anything there but the main point is - remembering and celebrating them.