Neuromancer

I'd not read this since getting it out of the school library a thousand years ago and recently found it in a charity shop so had to pick it up and re-read.

As you would expect from a thirty year old speculative science fiction book, a lot of it is a little bit dated. References to laserdiscs, cassettes and computer storage measured in megabytes cause a few smug chuckles and in the 80s America expected that Japan would take over the world and that is very much reflected in this book (I imagine it would be China if written today). However the predictions about the world wide web, virtual reality and gadget obsession by the masses are very much spot on.

It's a dense, tough read in places – this is no airport shop fluff, but it is still a very enjoyable classic. It still earns its place on the cyberpunk classic shelf along with Bladerunner, Snatcher and Akira.