Journal Entry 1 by jmg49 from Woodstock, Ontario Canada on Friday, June 27, 2003

Bought today at The Little Book Shoppe in Woodstock.

Amazon.com
Here is the novel that started it all, launching the cyberpunk generation, and the first novel to win the holy trinity of science fiction: the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. With Neuromancer, William Gibson introduced the world to cyberspace--and science fiction has never been the same.


TBR 

Journal Entry 2 by jmg49 from Woodstock, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, July 15, 2003

I have started a Bookring for this book.
So far these members have signed up:
Mailed July 21st to Jengif Virginia USA
Kernow8 Virginia USA
krin511 Maryland USA
Sherria Connecticut USA
ciaracat Texas USA
md100 Tennessee USA
morris200 Georgia USA
barbsbookshelf Minnesota USA
bittermint California USA
Back to me: jmg49 Ontario Canada


Above is the final order of the bookring.
When each person is ready to send the book on, he or she should send the next person on the list a pm asking for their address.  

Journal Entry 3 by jmg49 at Bookring by Mail in Woodstock, Ontario Canada on Monday, July 21, 2003

Released on Monday, July 21, 2003 at Bookring by Mail in Woodstock, Ontario Canada.

Mailed today to Jengif in Virginia. 

Journal Entry 4 by Jengif from New Bern, North Carolina USA on Saturday, July 26, 2003

What great timing jmg49 has! I just finished one book so I can start this one right away. 

Journal Entry 5 by Jengif from New Bern, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Neuromancer was like a dream – not a good dream and not a nightmare. It was simply a dream that left me with no sense of time or place, but with random images and some confusion. The characters were very richly developed but the story went off foraging at times. I’m glad I read it, but am not sure if I’d recommend it. A movie version might make the whole thing much more understandable. On the other hand, Hollywood could completely mess it up!  

Journal Entry 6 by Jengif from New Bern, North Carolina USA on Sunday, August 03, 2003

As soon as Kernow8 gives me her address, I'll send the book on its journey.

Mailed on the 12th to Kernow8. She just got back from a two week vacation! 

Journal Entry 7 by Kernow8 from Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Thursday, August 14, 2003

Thanks Jengif for sending it across the miles ;-)

It just arrived in the mail and I'm just coming to the end of my current read - great timing! I'm looking forward to this as I've read some cyberpunk fiction before (Neal Stephenson) and thoroughly enjoyed it and had always meant to get hold of "the book that started it all".  

Journal Entry 8 by Kernow8 from Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, August 19, 2003

I found this an interesting read but quite difficult to get through. Interesting because of Gibson's visions of the high tech future (written in 1984, so some details that must have seemed outlandish then are now almost ordinary, like the megabyte transfer rates). Difficult because the descriptive narrative is so detailed and most of it so alien to what we know, that you really have to stay tuned in to keep up with the story, particularly as it swings from reality to dreamlike states quite frequently. I've ended up feeling as though I've missed a lot of the meaning of the story, although I think I know most of what was going on. I also didn't particularly warm to any of the characters, which didn't help much.

Definitely a challenging and stimulating read, but it didn't leave me with a great feeling of satisfaction on finishing it. I'd still recommend it though, and I think I'd like to re-read one day to try to answer the questions I'm left with at the end...

Off to krin511 now - enjoy! 

Journal Entry 9 by Kernow8 from Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Saturday, August 23, 2003

Mailed to krin511 today. 

Journal Entry 10 by krin511 from Olney, Maryland USA on Monday, August 25, 2003

Received in today's mail - thanks! 

Journal Entry 11 by krin511 from Olney, Maryland USA on Friday, August 29, 2003

Very interesting book about cyberspace, artificial intelligence, computers, etc.

Mailing tomorrow (9/6/03) to Sherria! 

Journal Entry 12 by Sherria from Stamford, Connecticut USA on Tuesday, September 09, 2003

This arrived today. I have 2 other bookrings/rays to read, but I expect to be able to start it within the week. I'm really looking forward to my first "cyberpunk" novel!

Thanks for sharing it jmg49! 

Journal Entry 13 by Sherria from Stamford, Connecticut USA on Wednesday, September 17, 2003

I finished this book tonite. It was a tough read - not really difficult to get into, but I really had to pay attention to it, and several times had to go back to figure out what was going on. Still, it was worth the effort; I really enjoyed it. The characters were very rich, and the descriptions were *almost* good enough for me to actually picture things. At the end, though, I was left feeling hanging - like I went through all of that, and it never really wrapped itself up. I want to know what happens!

Thanks jmg49 for sharing this book, and giving me a chance to read my first "cyberpunk" nove. I'll be sending it on to ciaracat as soon as I get an address.  

Journal Entry 14 by ciaracat from Sugar Land, Texas USA on Thursday, November 20, 2003

Now reading. Sorry I forgot to make a journal entry when I received it! :) 

Journal Entry 15 by ciaracat at Bookring/ray in USPS, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Released on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at Bookring/ray in USPS, postal release USA.

I'm sorry for taking Soooooo long to send this book along!! I don't really have any good excuses.. just a whole bunch of lame ones. I'm really sorry!! Sending book on to md100 today.