Neuromancer 2: No Imagination
From Stars and Swords: Footnoting Genre Fiction by Next Word
December 8, 2025 · 1h 9m · Season 14 · Episode 2
About this episode
The episode continues the discussion on William Gibson's Neuromancer, exploring themes of rebellion, industrial evolution, and the future of artificial intelligence.
This week, we continue our unit on William Gibson's Neuromancer . Are there only a few pathways to juvenile rebellion? How does the industrial become the post-industrial? How does Gibson's understanding of artificial intelligence hold up in 2025? To see the video version of this week's show, click here ; to see the slides, click here ! Footnotes: Neuromancer William Gibson William Gibson on Bluesky Follow Stars And Swords on YouTube , Bluesky and Instagram . To join me for the live broadcast, to support the podcast, to join the conversation on Discord and to get access to monthly bonus episodes, please visit Patreon.com/NextWord and pledge your support! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
People in this episode
Host: Next Word
Topics covered
- juvenile rebellion
- industrial vs post-industrial
- artificial intelligence
- William Gibson
- science fiction
Keywords
- Neuromancer
- William Gibson
- artificial intelligence
- juvenile rebellion
- post-industrial
- science fiction
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Neuromancer
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