Neuromancer
by William Gibson, Read by William Gibson
4 tapes/5 discs, run time: 5:56:20 hrs.
Time Warner AudioBooks, 1994
ISBN 1570420599
Read by William Gibson
abridged by Jeffrey Gorney
text edited by John Whitman
original music by Stuart Argabright,
William Barg and Black Rain
music by U2
words by The Edge
Neuromancer E-text
Neuromancer Graphic Novel
Synopsis
Case was the sharpest data thief in the Matrix, until an ex-employer crippled his nervous system. Now a new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run against an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence.
Download (mp3 - 24kbps):
Tape 1 - Side A (7.7MB) | Side B (7.6MB)
Tape 2 - Side A (7.6MB) | Side B (7.2MB)
Tape 3 - Side A (7.8MB) | Side B (7.8MB)
Tape 4 - Side A (7.7MB) | Side B (7.4MB)
I could not believe my eyes! Can’t wait to hear WG voice. Thanx sooo much!
Comment by frafrater 126 — put July 12, 2005 @ 3:32 pm
I agree. I never fail to be awed by the altitude of this site’s cool-ness. Thank you.
Comment by Fr.Ps — put July 12, 2005 @ 3:37 pm
Way cool! Isn’t there a Virtual Light audiobook out there?
Comment by jerryprism — put July 13, 2005 @ 3:35 am
Thanks for posting. I got mine from Audiogalaxy a few years back when Gibson made it known that, though it was out of print, it could still be downloaded from that much missed ( snniiiff !) site. In response to the previous post by jerryprism, I purchased Virtual Light in both versions, an abridged version narrated by Peter (Robocop) Weller and the unabridged, narrated by Frank Mueller. The latter was in the more expensive Library edition but was worth the forty bucks. I also have Idoru and Pattern Recognition, and that appears to be all that is available in the format. They are all available to you if you want them for posting. You guys are great!!
Comment by Ted R. Sohns — put July 14, 2005 @ 7:49 pm
Greaaat thanks !!! this site is going to my favorites !!
Comment by Feras — put October 20, 2005 @ 6:05 am
Amazing!
I was searching for this but Ive never expected to find the authors voice in it. Great and good surprise.
Thank you!
Comment by Amilsalis — put November 5, 2005 @ 6:35 am
Great guys ,, my copy got damaged you saved my vave audio book};-)>
Comment by xhozt — put February 18, 2006 @ 11:42 am
Whats the link for Pattern Recognition?
Comment by FlynnUOGM — put June 19, 2006 @ 9:42 am
Also what other audio books are available from gibson?
Comment by FlynnUOGM — put June 19, 2006 @ 9:43 am
Try here.
Comment by Dr Grey — put June 19, 2006 @ 3:32 pm
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Pingback by Uberdose » Blog Archive » William Gibson, Neuromancer — put October 13, 2006 @ 8:16 am
I bought a hard copy on Amazon on April and had the e-text on my iPod, but it is great to have the downloadable audiobook!
I made an XML file if anyone wants to download the book as a podcast using iTunes or any RSS reader. It’s a great alternative! I’m also working on making it bookmarkable.
Does anyone know the name of U2’s song?
the url is http://www.eztigma.tk/neuromancer.xml
enjoy! ^.^
Comment by Roobie — put November 9, 2006 @ 1:38 am
Great! I bought this about 8 or 9 years ago, but have misplaced one of the tapes.
I loved Gibson’s rendition of the Dixie Flatline.
I loaned the tapes to a pair of friends for a long drive they were taking, but they didn’t really like his way of speaking. I don’t know…it grew on me once I listened to it for a while.
Comment by Geoff — put January 5, 2007 @ 9:13 pm
Cool But The Download Made The Sound Crackly
Comment by Tim — put March 19, 2007 @ 5:08 pm
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Pingback by William Gibson, Neuromancer | uberdose 2.0 — put April 5, 2007 @ 12:46 pm
Dear Sir,
I’m creating a radio program, and there is a line in the Neuromancer audio which I’d like to use. Problem is I don’t own a tape deck or else I could order a used copy of the tapes. I was wondering if you could resample a portion of the tape for me at maximum quality (44.1/16 or higher). The portion I need is a few minutes into Tape 1, Side 1 of the Neuromancer audio:
“Night City was like an experiment in Social Darwinism conducted by a bored researcher who kept one thumb permanently glued to the fast forward button.”
Ideally include a bit of the preceding sentence and following sentence would allow me the best editing flexibility.
I’d be very grateful if you could help out!
Comment by max — put April 13, 2007 @ 12:17 pm
i love this version, are count zero and monalisa overdrive also narrated this way anywhere?.
Comment by Angel — put October 12, 2007 @ 8:07 am
Awesome site. I never thought I would find Neuromancer 4free. Del.icio.us will love it.
Comment by WalterLyn — put October 30, 2007 @ 1:02 pm
Wondefull stuff, i never was a read this Book in my motherlangue (Lithuanian), but first contact whit this Book is GPod audio Book. Thank you su much for this Great job, dear The Edge :*
Comment by Dentonas — put November 25, 2007 @ 1:25 am
Don’t know about the legal issues with time warner, but if people are interested, Time Warner hired me to make that audio production of Neuromancer and I have the CDs and might had backups of the original multi-track.
Since it’s out of print, is william giving the OK to let it out?
Best,
Mixer
Comment by Mixer — put November 30, 2007 @ 1:29 am
Mixer! It’s great that you posted here. I’m a publisher working on a series of audio tours for Tokyo. In one of the tours I’m planning to mix in a line from this Neuromancer audio book. I bought the tapes but my studio is all digital and I don’t have a cassette deck anymore, so I have to buy or rent one in order to sample them. There is this ONE line that I want. It’s within the first tapes first 3 minutes I think. It’s the line, “Night City was like a deranged experiment in social Darwinism, designed by a bored researcher who kept one thumb permanently on the fastforward button”
Could you possibly provide me with the BEST quality recording you have of that? 44.1 16 would work, 48/24 or better would be wonderful.
I can create a FTP drop for you. Also I can send you a copy of the product once it’s done. He’s a teaser site:
http://www.whiterabbitpress.com/teaser/
Comment by Max Hodges — put November 30, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
Mixer! please contact me. I’m there are no major issues with using the single sentence I need. It should fall within fair use.
Comment by Max Hodges — put December 14, 2007 @ 3:30 pm
Mixer, if you could post a higher quality version somewhere that would KICK ASS. Please let me know… spoier@gmail.com
Comment by Skye — put January 6, 2008 @ 4:48 am
Hey Max,
Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I would love to have a private email address so we can chat. I just signed up on your mailing list from your whiterabbitpress so check there for my email address and we can talk about getting you that line and other potential biz. Best. Mixer
Comment by mixer — put January 6, 2008 @ 7:30 am
Is this an abridged version?
I’m listening to Gibson read it while trying to follow along with the linked etext version and I’m finding that he’s skipping over some parts (mostly between dialogue).
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Pingback by ContextFree fractals amb gramatiques « Gauss era un crack — put August 8, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
I have this set of cassettes but was putting off transferring it - thanks a bunch.
Comment by harry — put August 16, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
thanks a lot for this:)
Comment by megha — put October 28, 2008 @ 11:33 pm
Oh my.
This is indeed amazing.
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Hey Mixer, I’d love to have a better quality rip of this man!
get ahold of me…
I’d love to find a copy of the graphic novel in full quality, it’s a fucking shame it never got finished!
Comment by Ash — put May 16, 2009 @ 1:24 am
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Pingback by After 25 years, what did Neuromancer get right? — put July 5, 2009 @ 10:01 pm
The praise here obviously came from people who hadn’t listened before commenting. The download is flawed an unlistenable. The dialogue jumps regularly, mid sentence, sometimes missing out large portions of text. I recommend not downloading. At least listen to the first tape if you’re unsure of this being the case.
Sorry guys
Comment by Matthew — put July 11, 2009 @ 8:52 pm
First, thanks so much to Dr Grey for making this available, those tapes cost an OUTRAGEOUS amount to buy used, if you can find them, and who knows what kind of shape they’d be in. And I know others like myself steer away from file sharing networks, because they’re hotbeds of malware.
For anyone else who finds this, these are the same exact files found at:
http://www.bearcave.com/bookrev/neuromancer/neuromancer_audio.html
Also wanted to clarify the problem brought up by Matthew… They seem to play well/tolerable (for the most part) on my T41 where I DL’d them, but when I put them on an mp3 cd it sounds like a scratched up vinyl record, popping and skipping over words. Burning on the slowest speed possible seemed to have marginally better results but still not great. Have not tried transferring to mp3 player yet, but I suspect any transferring will reduce quality.
Still thrilled to have this, and dealing with the poor quality to hear one of the greatest books ever written, read by Gibson himself.
Thinking about throwing the mp3s in audacity and doing some tweaking to fix quality, If any success is had I will post back.
Also, only listened to the first minute or 2, but found what I THINK is the unabridged version read by Arthur Addison:
http://electricmud.blogspot.com/2008/11/william-gibson-neuromancer-audio-book.html
Comment by bitrunner — put January 9, 2010 @ 9:18 am
Hi, I’m happy to see this up. I would like to adapt this to the screen soon. It will be nice to see how it sounds.
Any idea where to find the version by BBC?
Comment by Paul — put January 29, 2010 @ 3:03 pm
I own the original tapes read by Gibson. Unabridged. Mint Condition. Never played.
Comment by max hodges — put January 29, 2010 @ 10:55 pm