Neuromancer

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Gibson's language is fluid, organic and evocative. His descriptions are often poetic, building up the world of Neuromancer into a word-picture. The language is accessible to a wide audience. Most descriptions of the physical world are straightforward, while descriptions of cyberspace tend toward a poetic, nearly nonsensical, description of color, shape and negative space. He uses words of his own creation and technological slang to describe the unfamiliar world of the future, and the language is rich with evocative words and descriptive names. Neuromancer is perhaps the most outstanding example, a name that combines "neuron" with "necromancer," a wizard that brings a mind into a new life.