Hackers vs Neuromancer: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Computer hackers, Hackers
Hackers
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Neuromancer
“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”
The first of William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy, Neuromancer is the classic cyberpunk novel. The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Neuromancer is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Hackers.
- Neuromancer has the widest readership — 377544 ratings behind its score.
- Neuromancer runs the darker storyline; Hackers stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Hackers | Neuromancer | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (377544) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (93) | 4.0 (3) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (19) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (38) | 4.5 (1431) |
Reception
| Hackers | Neuromancer | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 93 | 377544 |
| Editions | 15 | 64 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 400680 |
| Reading it now | — | 26363 |
| Written reviews | — | 19669 |
| Wikipedia attention | 35013 | 184844 |
| Pages | 457 | 310 |