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OhMeadhbh • today at 4:31 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

   I  re-read all  of  the Smoke  Trilogy  books (and  Johnny
   Mnemonic from  Burning Chrome)  just to  be ready  for the
   upcoming Apple TV series.  It's going to be tough to match
   the imagination  of the books,  but the trailers  make the
   series look great.

   As an aside... I originally  read Neuromancer, et al. back
   in  the 80s,  before I  had read  Burroughs or  Cassady or
   Kerouac.  After  re-reading the trilogy after  reading the
   beats (especially  Burroughs) I completely  understand why
   the  literary  hoi  and   palloi  were  going  ga-ga  over
   Neuromancer in the 80s.

   Anyway...  you still  have  a couple  months  to read  (or
   re-read)  Neuromancer.  It's  a delightful  book, even  on
   second reading.

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pragma_x • today at 4:55 PM

For anyone else that was confused, I think they meant "Sprawl Trilogy" instead.