Category Archives: Virtual Forums

“I’m the matrix, Case.” Case laughed. “Where’s that get you?” “Nowhere, Everywhere. I’m the sum total of the works, the whole show.” Gibson, 259. “And one October night, punching himself past the scarlet tiers of the Eastern Seaboard Fission Authority, … Continue reading →

Technology has given us the capability to do some pretty amazing things in our lifetime. We can do things never thought possible before, like having face-to-face virtual conversations over the computer with people across the world. Do these rapid advancements … Continue reading →

Gibson utilizes spiritual and psychedelic imagery in describing cyberspace revealing an intention to create more than simply a virtual reality that mimics or copies physical reality. He uses vivid visual and abstract imagery: “phosphenes boiling in from the edge of … Continue reading →

While reading Neuromancer, one component that stood out to me was the stark differences between the advancement of technology in different areas. When Case goes to find Molly in the brothel, the narrator describes, “Extending her right hand as though … Continue reading →

Wintermute and Neuromancer are two different halves to the same whole. While Wintermute specializes in strategic planning alongside careful improvisation in order to conduct business, Neuromancer has a personality. Wintermute was made to merge with Neuromancer, while Neuromancer desires to … Continue reading →

In William Gibson’s Neuromancer, I was particularly intrigued by the interactions between technology and the human body. Gibson openly explores the effect of technology on our society and culture, and makes bold statements about how beneficial but also dangerous it … Continue reading →

In addition to its prophetic introduction of cyberspace and the matrix, Neuromancer poses the question about what it means to occupy a physical body, either organic or artificial, and whether the need to be physically manifested hinders the potential of … Continue reading →