neuromancer


 * Week Five:

Summary: By Steven Timpanaro** Today we enjoyed scrumptious, doughy bagels covered in butter as we discussed how much we don't understand Neuromancer. In the beginning we all loved it but as we read on we just don't understand what the heck is going on. All they do is a have sex do drugs and kill people. Maybe if we were to read this book again it would make more sense. Unfortunately, probably nobody is going to ever read this book again considering most of us didn't finish it the first time around. This book is for a much more mature crowd than us. Maybe around late high-school/college level.

The Mood/Themes and Images: The mood this week was a little different then every other week. The mood was a little bit more mellow, which kind of made the book boring. Last week we kinda of gave up on the book but we are still trying to read it. The characters seem to be more laid back now that the book seems to get a little less interesting. Even though the book still is an interesting book it was not as good as the beginning. The themes and images in this book seem to be just violence and grudges. The images we all imagined that the scenes would be very hectic because the writing in the book makes it seem very violent.
 * Week Four:

Questions** 1) what are Dixie Flatines reasons for working for Wintermute? - The way the books in the Straylight library are described suggests that books are antique rarities. 2) why's Case sad about Armitage falling apart? - The maddened Armitage/Corto has not only killed a man in order to destroy one of the computers being used on the run, but he has set the escape pod that he is in to separate from the ship without closing its seals; he imagines he is escaping Russia for Finland, but in fact he is hurled into the vacuum of space. 3) what do case and maelcum do while molly is hurt? - Case and Maelcum have to penetrate Villa Straylight themselves to complete the mission, and to rescue her. 4) what did run run shaw own? - Run Run Shaw owned one of the busiest film studios in the world in Hong Kong, churning out hundreds of martial arts films for distribution throughout Asia. 5) who is behind the deaths of armitage and ashpool -

Week Three:

Taylor Kennedy Summary: This week Steven brought food for us. He brought us bagels and iced tea. We talked about how the book was a little confusing. Some of you thought about giving up on it because it started to get a little hard as the book went on. We are up to the higher chapters. We like how the book is about a video game because not many books are about that. We like how the concept of the book is different from others. We talked about how the language is very violent. Its very different from different books. This week it was about when case downloads the icebreaker software. From the book it said the software worked well. Their teams works well together in this book.

Jaryn: The mood. William Gibson's Neuromancer is a complex story that deals with the future computer technology and the impact on the lives of citizens around the world. The theme includes love, betrayal, trust, and forbidden knowledge within each of the story lines of the book. It gives a human quality to a world that is described as being controlled by computers and other types of technology. The underlying tension throughout the entire novel is the fear of who do you trust and who will betray you next.

Colleen : Questions 1) why did the police arrest Case? 2) what options do the police give Case after arresting him? 3) what is Haniwa and what did it bring to Case? 4) who does Case remind Molly of, and what happened to that person? 5) While Wintermute was taking Molly through Villa Straylight what did she find?


 * Week Two:**

Summary Taylor Kennedy: Today we had bagels that were brought by Jaryn. Colleen is working on the questions while steven answers them. We talked about chatsubo is the popular bar. Also, How Molly Millions is the street samuri who save Case. Also, wel talked about who Armitage is. He is an ex military officer who offers to cure Case. But the catch is that in exchange for case has to work as a hacker. The ex offiver is planning on something unknown. We talked about the 'night city' is the name given to the borderland of the old streets. The street divides the port and Chilba City.

Questions by Colleen Answered by Steven 1) Describe the main character Case. · His real name is Henry Dorsett Case. He has the role of the protagonist in the novel. Case grew up in the Boston-Atlanta-Metropolitan-Axis. Case is twenty-four years old. He is a drug addict and suicidal, and is also a cyberspace hacker. 2) What is the chatsubo? · The chatsubo is a popular bar in the night city zone of Chiba City. Its run by a man named Ratz. It is popular among Case, Wage, Lonny Zone, criminals and prostitutes. 3) What is Chiba City? · Chiba City is a city in Japan known for its advancing “nerve splicing ” and different medical procedures. Night city is in Chiba City. The city was named after an old kung-fu movie star, Michey Chiba. The beginning of the story takes place here. 4) What is “night city”? · night city is a name given to the borderland of old streets that divide the port and city of Chiba City. It’s a lawless area that is controlled by Yakuza. Technology is bought, sold, and traded. Case lives and works here. 5) Who are Molly and Armitage? · Molly Millions is a street samurai who saves Case. She works to make money for an ex-military officer, named Armitage who offers to cure Case in exchange for Case working as a hacker. Armitage is planning something unknown to Molly and Case.

Summary ** Today we sat around and of course nobody brought food. We talked about how sick this book was. We also talked about the characters in the book. It was the first book club so it was kinda slow but we learned alot about the book from each other. We talked about how crazy all of the stuff they do in this book such as all the drugs and what not. this book is nuts. Even though its just the beginning its crazy. I think this book was a sick book to read and hope the rest of the book is as cool as the beginning.
 * Week One:
 * By: Tyler Stackpole

The mood/Characters Taylor Kennedy: The mood of the book is very eerie. We all noticed that the language in the book is very violent and they curse a lot. So the way the language is brought off is a very action packed but at the same time there are some moments that make it calm but creepy. We talked about how the way we would picture how it would actually if we were in the mood. The characters in the book are different from real people in the world but at the same times their lives are all about technology which could also relate to us.We are the age of technology so we know what they are talking about. **

Questions by Stefano Answered by Colleen

1) What are microsofts? a Microsoft is a small electronically piece that is inserted into your brain. The Microsoft provides information of a particular subject. 2) What is Wintermute? wintermute is a one-half of a super-al. the exact purpose of the wintermute is unknown. Wintermute was programmed by the tessier-Ashpool dynasty. 3) What was the military operation that Armitage survived called? “Operation Screaming Fist” which was suppose to gain access to Russian computers. 4) What state was Armitage put in after becoming legless blind, and losing most of his jaw? armitage was dropped into space by wintermute. 5) What package was waiting for Case when he arrived on Garvey? the package waiting for Case contains a Chinese virus program. Case figures out the virus is designed to break into military systems and artificial intelligence.

Language

In this book the language is hillarious they curse all the time. This books language is very modern it is in the future. The language is very violent. All of the characters names are very weird. They are all one word like names like Case. I was very surprised how much cursing and violent language in this book. I feel like the language in this book is just like the language I hear in town or the hall everyday.