Nueromancer is a cyber punk novel that creates a very interesting world in which augmentation and alternate realities blend into the everyday live's of the people that inhabit the world. The novel deals with these seemingly fantastical elements in a way that makes them feel very real, especially in this day and age where the Internet is a primary form of interaction and entertainment, and where medical technologies are essential to many people's continued existence.
William Gibson also takes special care detailing many other interesting aspects of a cyberpunk world that make it all feel more real and substantial. At first the way the characters throw around unfamiliar lingo/ slang is disorienting and it really started to turn me off to the novel. However, after a while, it started to pull me in deeper into the world and makes me feel like they are in a real places with real people... The feeling is not unlike being in another state or country where people talk differently from the way you are used to. You feel like a fish out of water at first but if you stay long enough, you will start to blend in.
William Gibson uses these things to enhance the world he has built but when you boil the novel down to its most essential aspects, you realize it is a adventure/ action novel. I think this is what make the novel so great to me. It's an adventure that is structured in a way not far from many adventure stories I have read/seen before; all containing characters that fit into proper adventure story roles... However the world he builds is so awesome and inviting... even when it seems like a pretty crumby place (which it often does), you still want to be there.
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