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Neuromancer

Sprawl Trilogy Series • Book 1

3.85 ABR Score (10.2K ratings)
★ 3.68 Goodreads (765) ★ 4.28 Audible (9.4K)
10h 31m Released 2011 Sci-Fi

Why Listen to This Audiobook?

Robertson Dean narrates Gibson's fever dream like a man jacking into a machine he knows might kill him — and doing it anyway.

  • Great if you want: dense, visionary sci-fi that invented the genre's vocabulary
  • Listening experience: cerebral and disorienting — rewards attention, punishes distraction
  • Narration: Dean's clipped, cool delivery matches the neon-noir tone perfectly
  • Skip if: you need a clear plot over style and atmosphere

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About This Audiobook

Case once commanded cyberspace with legendary skill until a vengeful employer destroyed his nervous system, cutting him off from the digital realm that defined his existence. Now burning through his remaining time in the neon-soaked underworld of Chiba City, the washed-up console cowboy gets an unexpected lifeline when mysterious benefactors offer to repair his damaged neural pathways. The price: one final run through cyberspace alongside Molly, a razor-sharp street samurai whose loyalty runs as deep as her cybernetic enhancements. Their target lies beyond the most sophisticated security systems ever conceived, in a digital landscape where corporate power and artificial intelligence converge.

Robertson Dean's narration transforms this cyberpunk classic into an immersive audio experience that captures the electric tension of Gibson's digital frontier. His delivery balances the noir atmosphere with the story's technological poetry, giving distinct voices to hackers, corporate operatives, and the enigmatic entities that inhabit cyberspace. Dean's pacing allows listeners to absorb the dense world-building while maintaining the breakneck momentum of Case and Molly's dangerous mission. The audio format particularly suits the story's sensory overload, making the disorienting plunge between physical and virtual realities feel visceral and immediate.