I need your help. It’s Friday, my last day at the university before I move to Vienna. I just walked into the library to do some work. Sitting on the table is a copy of a William Gibson novel. I do not know how it got there amongst the books on Egyptian hieroglyphics, but it has reminded me that it has been years since I read a sci-fi novel. Years.
I don’t read novels anymore as I’m always reading academic stuff. When I try to crack open a novel, I usually go high-brow, because, after all, I’m damned smart and must be able to say I have read the classics, man. But this summer, I want to read some sci-fi. Classics or pulp. Don’t care. Fantasy will do, as will comics. So, sci-fi gang, give me your best. As I’ve got this Gibson book here, should I be reading Neuromancer for starters?