{"id":117,"date":"2012-09-03T15:55:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T19:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.briancroxall.net\/lit-tech\/?p=117"},"modified":"2020-06-11T11:23:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T15:23:51","slug":"neuromancer-first-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.briancroxall.net\/lit-tech\/2012\/09\/03\/neuromancer-first-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuromancer: First Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could Gibson be making a point with his detailed description and emphasis on the fact that case lives in a coffin? First off the author chooses the setting of Japan because of its perception as an extremely technologically advanced society. This plays perfectly into the futuristic, or so it seems, theme of the book. \u201cHe never slept in the Cheap Hotel, he slept in cheaper places(Gibson 19).” Thus he slept in coffins. It is almost as if the idea of a coffin resembles the society Case is living in. A society with so much technology that it seems as if human nature, rather than continually moving forward just like the technology, is instead shifting backwards towards its animalistic origins. \u201cNight City was like a deranged experiment in Social darwinism\u201d move too slowly or too quickly and you \u201cwere gone without a trace,\u201d definitely highlights the animalistic side of the world they live in(7). \u201cScalpel blades slid from beneath the\u2026 nails,\u201d further emphasizes such cruel nature. In addition, death is portrayed as something extremely commonplace, and is barely even acknowledged as bad (25). \u00a0 \u201cNight city wasn\u2019t there for its inhabitants but as a deliberately unsupervised playground for technology\u201d makes the technology in Neuromancer<\/em> seem similar to a monster, consuming the past, along with emotions and many human principles (11).<\/p>\n

The phrase \u201cLifeless neon\u201d used to describe a sign provides a perfect illustration as to what technology has done to the society they live in (47). Humans now seem to be dull and dehumanized. Despite all the technology and medical advancements that surround him, there is no doubt that Case is living a very rough life. Sure people can live 135 years with ridiculous genetic alterations, but the technology is taking away the human inside them. The people living in this time seem to be becoming increasingly robotic as well. \u201cRatz held the gun in his claw (22).” The fact that they are taking an enormous amount of drugs only contributes to their robotic yet at the same time animalistic nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Could Gibson be making a point with his detailed description and emphasis on the fact that case lives in a coffin? First off the author chooses the setting of Japan because of its perception as an extremely technologically advanced society. This plays perfectly into the futuristic, or so it seems, theme of the book. \u201cHe<\/p>\n