I have never read a book that held me spellbound throughout which I nevertheless did not understand half of

Then the entire second half is devoted to the 'job' itself

It gets you to care about what is happening not by telling you to do so, but by unfolding a character that eventually cares more about his survival than the people who hired him

This book is as good now as it was then, a masterwork in a genre that doesn't get enough recognition or credit these days

As I started to say, I've never read a book that I enjoyed so much and understood so little

good Frightening view of the futureThis is my first book by Gibson, although I'm a devoted Si-Fi reader for as long as I learned to read - almost 60 years ago