thanks, the OP is of lesser quality compared to this one.
amatecha · 1h ago
Yeah, I took a quick listen to OP -- unfortunately their mp3s are of very poor quality. I heard numerous glitches while listening :(
muricula · 14m ago
I think the audio quality gives this recording character. What could be more cyberpunk than hearing the quirky artifacts resulting from ripping an obsolete recording medium?
viccis · 2h ago
I listened to Neuromancer on a long drive one time, and I will say that it's a wonderful book but not one that's particularly suited to the audiobook medium. It's hard to follow at times because it avoids a lot of big picture narrative and instead focuses on very small scale scenes of events happening within a broader story. It means that it can be confusing at times, as you are often as in the dark as the characters are.
This is an abridged version, so maybe it streamlines some aspects of the narrative, so take that into account.
sien · 57m ago
There is a BBC Audio drama of Neuromancer that is 1:56 long.
I haven't listened to the audio book of Neuromancer but I re-read it a few weeks back. The audio play I still go back to once in a while as well.
guerrilla · 1h ago
I also listened to it as an audiobook and while I very much got the vibe, I have no idea what was going on, which is kinda rare (I listen to a lot of audiobooks). It's as if I didn't even read it... buy kinda did. I duno.
reportingsjr · 32m ago
I had the same experience reading neuromancer in the last year. I felt like I got the vibe of what was going on, but struggled to understand the details and figure out what was actually happening in the story.
GuinansEyebrows · 1h ago
i've read neuromancer at least five times and i still feel like i never actually read it. it's a weirdly-written book with little environmental exposition - but i still love it.
whartung · 2h ago
I’ve tried to listen to a book on tape on a long drive twice. And each time I was lucky to not drive into an abutment. For whatever reason, the droning just knocks me unconscious.
Talk radio is ok, sports radio. I’ve listened to more radio plays with multiple speakers. Those are ok.
- This abridged audio reading seems to have been published in 1994
- This article was published in 2004
themadturk · 2h ago
So glad I'm not the only one who feels that way about The Difference Engine. (And I don't generally dislike Sterling...this book just didn't work for me.)
anigbrowl · 23m ago
Same. I love Gibson's writing, I love Sterling's, but TDE remains on my bottom 5 books I've ever read. To this day if someone mentions steampunk I flee for the exits. I feel bad about this because I bought it in hardback on the book promo tour and Bruce Sterling signed it for me, we even had a chat because the bookstore wasn't busy and I told him how much I was looking forward to reading it. In my guilty subconscious he is still at the same store, waiting for a customer who promised to come back and never did. I'm sorry Bruce.
khedoros1 · 2h ago
I remember starting that book, but not getting far into it. It didn't click for me, either. That was a number of years ago though. Maybe I owe it a retry.
themadturk · 1h ago
I've actually read it twice, didn't actually hate it...but I also don't remember anything about it, which is patently untrue about other Gibson books.
I may owe it a third try as well.
roughly · 2h ago
This is probably something worth submitting to the Internet Archive if you’re worried about it disappearing!
tensorlibb · 46m ago
I love how W.G. still reads well to this day. Have so many good memories as an early teen ripping through his work as fast as I could. Enjoyed every single page.
amatecha · 1h ago
Years ago I was blown away to learn about this "Gibson reads Neuromancer" audio book only when I heard it sampled in a song[0] by Haujobb (the band, not the demoscene group). I recognized the words as being from Neuromancer, one of my top favorite books, but I wasn't aware of where it was from. Had to do some searching online to discover the audio was sampled from Gibson's reading of his own book. Very cool surprise! (as an aside, if you like cyberpunk-esque music, can absolutely recommend this band - check out "Solutions for a Small Planet")
I didn't realize the Mountain View Library still has books on cassette tapes. Neat!
stevenwoo · 1h ago
It’s mostly older stuff the Santa Clara county library has acquired over the years, along with books on CD. A lot of stuff is now on Libby/Hoopla and they even have MP3 players with just one book on them you can rent.
hamonrye34 · 59m ago
Planting Accelerando's.
Ayn Rand Institute will shelf Atlas en-mass to public libaries.
*EDIT:* There's also the CD version somewhere out there. Here's a Reddit post where someone ripped it (but didn't make it available): https://www.reddit.com/r/Neuromancer/comments/1gr7k4n/audiob...
This is an abridged version, so maybe it streamlines some aspects of the narrative, so take that into account.
It is excellent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S89BHnaxULo
I haven't listened to the audio book of Neuromancer but I re-read it a few weeks back. The audio play I still go back to once in a while as well.
Talk radio is ok, sports radio. I’ve listened to more radio plays with multiple speakers. Those are ok.
But books on tape, nope. Too dangerous for me.
William Gibson reads Neuromancer, from tape to mp3 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14021369 - April 2017 (3 comments)
Re. the date:
- The original book was published in 1984
- This abridged audio reading seems to have been published in 1994
- This article was published in 2004
I may owe it a third try as well.
[0] https://haujobb.bandcamp.com/track/penetration-fuck-the-floo... at 2m45s
Ayn Rand Institute will shelf Atlas en-mass to public libaries.