August's Sci-Fi - Neuromancer by William Gibson

Please join us as we discuss Neuromancer (http://amzn.com/0441569595) by William Gibson, the sci-fi classic and the first novel to hold the triple crown: winning the 1985 Hugo and Nebula awards and the 1984 Philip K. Dick award. The novel is also listed among Time Magazine's 100 best books in the English language, and remains one of the most influential works in speculative fiction, and the archetypal work of the cyberpunk sub-genre. The book is a fairly quick read, at about 271 pages.

Please keep your RSVP updated and accurate!* Space is limited for this event. If it fills up, please add yourself to the waiting list if interested. The smaller morning session can be found here (https://www.meetup.com/SFFBookClub/events/134322582/).

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/a/a/8/event_183139112.jpegFrom Amazon:

The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus- hallucination, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace . . .

Case had been the sharpest data-thief in the business, until vengeful former employees crippled his nervous system. But now a new and very mysterious employer recruits him for a last-chance run. The target: an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence orbiting Earth in service of the sinister Tessier-Ashpool business clan. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case embarks on an adventure that ups the ante on an entire genre of fiction.

Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer ranks with 1984 and Brave New World as one of the century's most potent visions of the future.

“A debut novel set for brain stun! Streetwise SF... one of the most unusual and involving narratives to be read in many an artificially induced blue moon!” — London Times

*Since missing one of these meetups is taking a spot away from someone else who wants to go, we'll need to have a stricter attendance policy than normal. For book discussions, 3 no-shows in a rolling 3-month period will prohibit you from attending any other book discussion for 2 months after your last no-show. In order to avoid a no-show, please update your RSVP no later than 10pm the night before a discussion. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation!