Neuromancer vs Synners: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Computer hackers, Hackers, Virtual reality, Fiction
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
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Synners
“"I'm going to die," said Jones.”
In Synners, the line between technology and humanity is hopelessly slim. A constant stream of new technology spawns crime before it hits the streets; the human mind and the external landscape have fused to the point…
The verdict
- Readers rate Neuromancer highest: Neuromancer 3.9 · Synners 3.7.
- Neuromancer is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Synners.
- Neuromancer has the widest readership — 377544 ratings behind its score.
- Neuromancer runs the darker storyline; Synners stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Neuromancer | Synners | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (377544) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | 3.7 (9) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1431) | 3.5 (7) |
Reception
| Neuromancer | Synners | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 377544 | 9 |
| Editions | 64 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 400680 | — |
| Reading it now | 26363 | — |
| Written reviews | 19669 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 184844 | 1170 |
| Pages | 310 | 441 |