[H]aving moved on to a reread of Neuromancer, I am trying hard to image what it must have been to read the book with fresh eyes in 1984 — back before there was much of a “consensual hallucination” between hardware and through networks. That novel has been so absorbed by the culture, especially the internet-centric culture we have now; it’s like trying to assess the merits of something like Citizen Kane.
Source: Cayce and Case