Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • Neuromancer

  • Sprawl Trilogy, Book 1
  • By: William Gibson
  • Narrated by: Jason Flemyng
  • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (559 ratings)

$0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Neuromancer cover art

Neuromancer

By: William Gibson
Narrated by: Jason Flemyng
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £13.99

Buy Now for £13.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Snow Crash cover art
Blade Runner cover art
Hyperion cover art
Solaris cover art
Cryptonomicon cover art
Sworn to the Night cover art
Valis cover art
Nightmare Carnival cover art
Islands in the Net cover art
Anathem cover art
The Diamond Age cover art
Reamde cover art
Neon Leviathan cover art
36 Streets cover art
Daemon cover art
Wild Cards I cover art

Summary

Narrated by actor Jason Flemyng.

The book that defined the cyberpunk movement, inspiring everything from The Matrix to Cyberpunk 2077.

The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.

William Gibson revolutionised science fiction in his 1984 debut Neuromancer. The writer who gave us the matrix and coined the term 'cyberspace' produced a first novel that won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, and lit the fuse on the cyberpunk movement.

More than three decades later, Gibson's text is as stylish as ever, his noir narrative still glitters like chrome in the shadows and his depictions of the rise and abuse of corporate power look more prescient every day. Part thriller, part warning, Neuromancer is a timeless classic of modern SF and one of the 20th century's most potent and compelling visions of the future.

©2016 William Gibson (P)2021 W F Howes

Love Books? You'll Love Audible.

Transform your day

Transform your day

Replace endless scrolling with endless listening. Chores can be fun.

Listen everywhere

Listen everywhere

You can’t turn pages while you drive—but you can press play.

Carry your entire Library

Carry your entire Library

Your stories go where you go. Audiobooks don’t weigh a thing.

Listen and learn

Listen and learn

Discover stories that can change your mind, your well-being, and your life.

Reach your reading goals

Reach your reading goals

Download titles to listen offline, wherever you are in the world.

Find your niche

Find your niche

WIth thousands of titles to explore, there’s something for everyone.

Try for £0.00 £7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

What listeners say about Neuromancer

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    272
  • 4 Stars
    157
  • 3 Stars
    90
  • 2 Stars
    35
  • 1 Stars
    5
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    270
  • 4 Stars
    123
  • 3 Stars
    64
  • 2 Stars
    21
  • 1 Stars
    9
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    242
  • 4 Stars
    127
  • 3 Stars
    85
  • 2 Stars
    25
  • 1 Stars
    8

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Alot to take in that lack clarity of performance

This is a very difficult book to get into when not being read from the page. Lots of niche terms and slang. The kind of book you need to re read sections and click back to check.
Books like this need a clearer delivery, the punctuation and enunciation are so important to give context and clarity. There are also a number of sloppy edits and corrections that don't help.
Jason tries very hard with some very difficult material but it took the shine of for me.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Still a masterful CyberSpace Sci-Fi classic

Good to re-visit this now, especially with the current concerns over imposing AI restrictions.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Best yet

I’ve heard the previous Neuromancer audiobooks and this one is the best yet. There’s some very questionable pronunciation of Japanese words but the overall tone is spot on. Hope Flemyng does Count Zero next!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Really good. But hard to follow

Loved the overall book. The tone and story.
But if you are going to listen to this. It can get a bit confusing towards the end.
So not something to have on as an easy listen in while doing something else.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

9 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

better late than never

stunning sci fi debut that still backs a punch 34 years later. my only regret is not engaging at the time as Gibson’s work has so evidently shaped some of the greatest writers of my life.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great book, good pacing but...

lots of voice-over clips towards the end and throughout. Otherwise this book had me thoroughly enjoying myself.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

The origin of Cyberpunk

Probably my all-time favourite book, narrated brilliantly by Jason Fleming. A masterpiece of Cyberpunk literature.
Absolutely timeless.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

I am still not quite sure what to think

Part of me enjoyed and loved the book, the other part was quite confused about what was actually going on.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Dazzling but opaque, with hammy narration

William Gibson's techolust fever dream is creatively novel as it is near impenetrable. At times you wish his obsession with descriptive writing was as equally applied to his story beats. This is not an easy listen. But worth a go, particularly if you're a fan of the genre.

Narration overall is OK, but the awful US and Jamaican accents are as distracting as they as regrettable. A more judicious editor would have had a quiet word and advised against it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great book. reader not so much

performance started lacking in second half. microphone picking up outside conversations. isolate the reading booth better. it started getting very distracting by the end. low rumble speaking overlapping the reader.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!