![]() ![]() Hence Neuromancer on film has been a hot topic among science fiction fans since the book was first published in 1984. There’s science fiction before Neuromancer, and there’s science fiction after Neuromancer. But both authors took earlier bricklaying done by them and other writers, pulled it all together, and buffed the final result to a chrome-like sheen. Just as Raymond Chandler did not invent the hard-boiled detective novel, William Gibson did not invent cyberpunk. Neuromancer is a brilliant novel, one of my favorites, and by my lights, the book that rearranged science fiction. ![]() I know I sound like the eternal fanboy when I say this, but, “This time it might be real.” ![]() Apple TV+ may not be the leading force in streaming entertainment today, but it’s established a track record of producing high-quality material and taking some risks along the way. The truly big news is that Neuromancer has a reasonable chance of being adapted to the screen. The big question Illuminerdi concerns itself with is which actor will play protagonist Case, a drug-abusing hacker hired to pull off a virtual heist in cyberspace. The Illuminerdi ( via) reports Apple TV+ is tooling up to produce a streaming adaptation of William Gibson’s cyberpunk masterpiece Neuromancer. ![]()
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