1) I found it kind of funny when Jersey Bastion said to Molly, "In Turkey, there is disapproval of women who sport such modifications." I imagine in this crazy future world a woman could just as easily sport a penis in a black clinic and become a man. wtf? machines are sexless, right?

2)The Dixie Flatline wants to be disconnected when the scam is over. I guess this is Gisbson's answer to Mitchell's speculation of living as an electromagnetic non-entity in cyberspace.

3) I like the Rastas; they don't mess around too much with technology, at least from what I gather. Babylon is a good expression for cyberspace as Gibson describes it.

We finally see what exactly it was that Case does, navigating the matrix and hacking into sensitive information. However, as his run-in with Wintermute at the end of Chapter 9 illustrates, it seems the cyber-cowboys don't have complete control over their avatars. Even though Wintermute is perhaps a more advance AI than others, it seemed way too easy for him to hack into Case the way he did. But with the freedom and rush of VR comes a danger, it seems. But the same could be said for drugs which brings us back to the theme of addiction. With Case being rewired and again able to go virtual, would he deny himself that freedom? From what we know about him, my guess is no.

The "quaint futurism" continues as they shuttle (not "beam up" - see Grace's TP) to Zion, a Rastafarian-run colony in space. Case goes to buy a pack of smokes for the plane. How long has it been since you could smoke on flights. He is not able to smoke them, however - smoking in space flight is not permitted. The colony itself had no such restrictions. There are entire towns where the only places one can smoke is in one's own home. Soon, nicotine will be as taboo as marijuana.

Neuromancer is as convoluted as I remember it being and I can't remember how it ends, so I'm psyched.

Trevor Wallace,
t_rev2323@yahoo.com

1) While there are a few more details later on about what Armitage went through (only a few more though), I'm curious as to what exactly the "application of cybernetic models" means in terms of medical benefits. Were the models used to control the multiple personalities and generate just a single one to present to the public?
(Gibson, 84)

2) I find it interesting that with all of the advances Case's world has gone through that they aren't teleporting here and there. It seems like their world has an advance network of flights and shuttles, but teleportation has not yet been realized, even if people are already living in space.
(Gibson, 97)

3) I'm curious as to whether or not Dixie's construct already knew about itself before or if after several usages by Case, it started feeling more like a human being. He doesn't feel anything, and yet, he feels bothered by the sensation of not feeling anything. Also, Dixie also, in a way, asks for Case to murder him, which I find quite interesting.
(Gibson, 105)

~Grace